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Paddington 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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17
THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in Paddington:—
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Acute Polio-myelitis.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Anthrax.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Chicken-pox.
Cholera.
Continued Fever.
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.
Dysentery.
Erysipelas.
German Measles.
Glanders.
Hydrophobia.
Malaria.
Measles.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Plague.
Puerperal Fever.
Relapsing Fever.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Small-pox.
Trench Fever.
Tuberculosis.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Typhus Fever.

The following table summarises the numbers of notifiable diseases notified in the years 1916 to 1925:— Analysis of Notification Certificates (Uncorrected for Errors).

1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.
Anthrax-----11---
Cerebro-spinal Fever9737122115
Chicken-pox-20722465395459
Continued Fever-
Diphtheria209227254255461442401219278336
Dysentery(a) 31221
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica(a) 32723127
Typhoid Fever2312131019138131518
Erysipelas105665676818377546964
Malaria(a) 642475291
Measles5462,70111,0041,2581,4271632,1173723,2151,254
Membranous Croup224433121
Ophthalmia Neonatorum20272230293415221823
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia(a)87452772338788
„ Primary Pneumonia(a)8396105254302369265
„ Polio-encephalitis41521243
„ Polio-myelitis
Puerperal Fever87215151685915
Scarlet Fever272124150261502827529323290264
Small-pox1
Tuberculosis—Total526502451391383335312338379400
Pulmonary388355325284277244204222242231
Other Forms13814712610710691108116137169

(a) First Year of Notification.

The following tables furnish an analysis of some of the notifiable diseases according to age, sex and ward of the Borough, in the years 1924 and 1925:— 1924. 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 and Memb. Croup27203234171325273032742226
Typhoid Fever-21313131
Erysipelas63684479671224
Ophthalmia Neonatorum132221331-—
Pneumonia—a. Influenzal688878986122—.122
„ A. Primary281341233022412750621723910
Puerperal Fever112212-—
Scarlet Fever171142453115242422232745612
B.—Sex-Age Distribution: Borough.
0—1—5—15—25—35—45—55—65—
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
Diphtheria and Memb. Croup5159405549153567242
Typhoid Fever-3132222
Erysipelas214253143457356437
Qeumonia—A. Influenzal229821465468583824
„ A. Primary3427506327141361414181318111381511
Scarlet Fever143369273722363211