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Paddington 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The following table summarises the cases of notifiable diseases notified in the years 1917 to 1926:—
An alysis of Notification Certificates
Uncorrected for Errors).
| 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | i | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Chicken-pox | — | 207 | — | — | — | 22 | 465 | 395 | 459 | 599 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 227 | 254 | 255 | 461 | 442 | 401 | 219 | 278 | 336 | 462 |
| Dysentery | — | — | (a) 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | (a) 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| Typhoid Fever | 12 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 66 | 56 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 77 | 54 | 69 | 64 | 76 |
| Malaria | — | — | (a)64 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 2,701 | 11,004 | 1,258 | 1,427 | 163 | 2,117 | 372 | 3,215 | 1,254 | 2,480 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 22 | 30 | 29 | 34 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 16 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | — | — | (a)87 | 45 | 27 | 72 | 33 | 87 | 88 | 76 |
| „ Primary Pneumonia | — | — | (a)83 | 96 | 105 | 254 | 302 | 369 | 265 | 184 |
| „ Polio-encephalitis | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| „ Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 14 |
| „ Pyrexia | — | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (a) 17 |
| Scarlet Fever | 124 | 150 | 261 | 502 | 827 | 529 | 323 | 290 | 264 | 199 |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | 312 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis—Total | 502 | 451 | 391 | 383 | 335 | 338 | 379 | 400 | 356 | |
| Pulmonary | 355 | 325 | 284 | 277 | 244 | 204 | 222 | 242 | 231 | 218 |
| Other Forms | 147 | 126 | 107 | 106 | 91 | 108 | 116 | 137 | 169 | 138 |
(a) First Year of Notification.
The following table furnishes an analysis of some of the notifiable diseases according to age, sex and ward of the Borough:—
1926.
Notifications.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Town. | Church. | West-bourne. | 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. | M. | F. | |
| Diphtheria and Memb. Croup | 32 | 41 | 52 | 53 | 18 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 47 | 54 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | l | — |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia—A. Influenzal | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| „ A. Primary | 14 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 5 | — | 28 | 20 | . 24 | 19 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| tf Pyrexia | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 13 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| B. —Sex-Age Distribution:Borough. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 and Memb. Croup | 11 | 5 | 76 | 61 | 115 | 123 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia—A. Influenzal | 1 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| A. Primary | 17 | 14 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | — | 32 | 33 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |