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Paddington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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SICKNESS : CASES NOTIFIED: REPORTED.
TABLE 3.
S ickness : C ases N otified : R eported. B orough.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrax | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chickenpox (a) | 555 | 644 | 468 | 406 | 813 | 261 | 568 | 253 | 539 | 753 |
| (555) | (560) | (468) | (406) | (606) | (261) | (568) | (253) | (517) | (288) | |
| Continued Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 286 | 269 | 209 | 227 | 254 | 255 | 461 | 442 | 401 | 219 |
| Dysentery | (c) 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | |||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | (c) 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 10 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 141 | 139 | 105 | 66 | 56 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 77 | 54 |
| Malaria | (c) 64 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Measles(a) | 424 | 3,721 | 746 | 4,245 | 1,519 | 1,890 | 2,034 | 205 | 3,220 | 452 |
| (111) | (801) | (200) | (1,544) | (515) | (632) | (607) | (42) | (1,103) | (80) | |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 51 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 15 | 22 |
| Pneumonia—Influenzal | (c) 87 | 45 | 27 | 72 | 33 | |||||
| Primary | (c) 83 | 96 | 105 | 254 | 302 | |||||
| Polio-Encephalitis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | ||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 738 | 437 | 272 | 124 | 150 | 261 | 502 | 827 | 529 | 323 |
| Smallpox | — | (d) 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis—Total | 545 | 590 | 526 | 502 | 451 | 391 | 383 | 335 | 312 | 338 |
| Pulmonary | 397 | 426 | 388 | 355 | 325 | 284 | 277 | 244 | 204 | 222 |
| Other Forms | 148 | 164 | 138 | 147 | 126 | 107 | 106 | 91 | 108 | 116 |
| Mumps (b) | 247 | 167 | 180 | 200 | 680 | 150 | 154 | 494 | 91 | 96 |
| Ringworm(b) | 196 | 125 | 152 | 117 | 111 | 189 | 204 | 122 | 99 | 45 |
| Whooping Cough (b) | 558 | 365 | 540 | 325 | 691 | 160 | 357 | 613 | 382 | 1,018 |
(a) Including notified and reported cases, the latter shown in parentheses. (6) Reported, not notified.
(c) First year of notification. (d) An error.
TABLE 4. Notifications.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Westbourne. | Church. | Lancaster Gate, | Hyde Park. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Ward Distribution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 9 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Pneumonia—A.Influenzal | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Pneumonia—a. Primary | 21 | 22 | 38 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 38 | 24 | 60 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 26 | 43 | 42 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 5 | |||||||||
| B. Sex-Age Distribution. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |||||||
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Pneumonia—A.Influenzal | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Pneumonia—A. Primary | 23 | 14 | 51 | 40 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | 2 | 48 | 44 | 84 | 91 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||