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Paddington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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appendix: sickness cases reported. notifications.
TABLE III. Sickness: Cases Reported. Borough.
| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | ... | ... | 1* | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | |
| Diphtheria | 293 | 286 | 266 | 207 | 227 | 254 | 254 | 461 | 442 | 401 | |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ... | |
| Erysipelas | 112 | 141 | 137 | 104 | 66 | 56 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 77 | |
| Fevers | Scarlet | 484 | 738 | 436 | 272 | 124 | 150 | 261 | 501 | 827 | 529 |
| Enteric | 25 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 8 | |
| Continued | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Puerperal | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | *7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | |
| Cerebro-spinal | ... | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Posterior Basic Meningitis | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 22 | 51 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 16 | |
| Dysentery | 3(a) | 1 | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3(a) | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| Malaria | 64(a) | 24 | 7 | 5 | |||||||
| Pneumonia, Influenzal | 87(a) | 45 | 27 | 72 | |||||||
| Pneumonia, Primary | 83(a) | 96 | 105 | 254 | |||||||
| Trench Fever | 1(a) | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Tuberculosis—Total | 836 | 545 | 590 | 526 | 502 | 451 | 391 | 383 | 335 | 312 | |
| Pulmonary | 664 | 397 | 426 | 388 | 355 | 325 | 284 | 277 | 244 | 204 | |
| Other Forms | 172 | 148 | 164 | 138 | 147 | 126 | 107 | 106 | 91 | 108 | |
| Measles †—Total | 1,240 | 424 | 3,721 | 746 | 4,245 | 1,519 | 1,890 | 2,034 | 205 | 3,220 | |
| Reported | 1,240 | 111 | 801 | 200 | 1,544 | 515 | 632 | 607 | 42 | 1,103 | |
| Notified | ... | 313(a) | 2,920 | 546 | 2,701 | 1,004 | 1,258 | 1,427 | 163 | 2,117 | |
| Chickenpox—Total | 599 | 555 | 644 | 468 | 406 | 813 | 261 | 568 | 253 | 539 | |
| Reported | 399 | 555 | 560 | 468 | 406 | 606 | 261 | 568 | 253 | 517 | |
| Notified | 84(b) | 207 (b) | 22 (b) | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough ‡ | 644 | 558 | 365 | 540 | 325 | 691 | 160 | 357 | 613 | 382 | |
| Mumps ‡ | 203 | 247 | 167 | 180 | 200 | 680 | 150 | 154 | 494 | 91 | |
| Ringworm ‡ | 148 | 196 | 125 | 152 | 117 | 111 | 189 | 204 | 122 | 99 | |
* Error. † Measles (morbilli) and German Measles (rubeola). ‡ Reported, i.e., not notified.
(a) First year of notification. (b) Notified during part of year only.
TABLE IV. Notifications.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | West-bourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 21 | 41 | 45 | 45 | 15 | 25 | 34 | 38 | 37 | 35 | ... | 5 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| A. Influenzal Pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A. Primary Pneumonia | 13 | 10 | 31 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 25 | 62 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 39 | 54 | 62 | 74 | 23 | 23 | 40 | 36 | 52 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 8 | 5 | 65 | 66 | 73 | 78 | 13 | 39 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 6 | ... | 7 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| A. Influenzal Pneumonia | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| A. Primary Pneumonia | 23 | 16 | 29 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 6 | 73 | 59 | 147 | 177 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||||||