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Paddington 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The number of deaths under the age of 5 years was 27 as compared with 29 in the year
1930, 37 in the year 1929, 23 in the year 1928 and 16 in the year 1927. Four cases in
children under 1 year of age were nursed at home by the District Nurses, the number of
visits paid being 22. Thirty-one patients received treatment in various hospitals. Provision
was available in the isolation hospitals of the London County Council but no cases of the
disease were removed from Paddington to such institutions.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars of the number of notification certificates
received during the year 1931 are set out in the tables appended hereto.
Owing to the fact that a case of tuberculosis may be notified in several boroughs or districts,
the number of notification certificates received is only a very imperfect guide to the amount
of tuberculosis in the Borough. There is also the consideration that notification is more strictly
enforced in some districts than in others. However, recent alterations in procedure tend to
make the number of cases on the tuberculosis register serve as a guide to the real prevalence
of the disease. One can also take the annual number of deaths as being a measure of prevalence.
This is probably the most exact method which can be used at the present time.
From pulmonary tuberculosis there were 117 deaths in 1931, and from other tuberculous
diseases there were 21 deaths.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds was 128 in 1929, 114 in 1930 and 138 in 1931. In recent years the numbers of deaths were as follows:-
| 1919 | 133 | 1925 | 119 |
| 1920 | 146 | 1926 | 125 |
| 1921 | 125 | 1927 | 118 |
| 1922 | 143 | 1928 | 116 |
| 1923 | 127 | 1929 | 128 |
| 1924 | 149 | 1930 | 114 |
| 1931 | 138 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of Notifications on Form A received during the year 1931.
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Primary Notifications— | ||||||
| 0- 1 year | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1- 5 years | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 5-10 „ | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| 10-15 „ | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 15-20 „ | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 20-25 „ | 17 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 25-35 „ | 35 | 32 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 35-45 „ | 29 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 45-55 „ | 14 | 8 | 22 | - | 2 | 2 |
| 55-65 „ | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - |
| 65 years and over | 8 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Total | 123 | 90 | 213 | 40 | 47 | 87 |
| Cases re-notified | 98 | 72 | 170 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Total Notifications on Form A | 221 | 162 | 383 | 45 | 53 | 98 |
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
| Cases removed from Register:— | 1931. |
| By reason of— | |
| Death | 140 |
| Removal | 186 |
| Recovery of patient or variation of diagnosis | 110 |
| Total | 436 |
Of the patients who removed from the Borough during 1931, the new addresses were
obtainable in 99 instances, and particulars of the cases were transmitted to the medical
officers of health of the respective districts.
In 1931, 11 cases of patients who had removed into the Borough from other districts
were added to the register.
The number of cases remaining on the Tuberculosis Register at the close of 1931 was
1,416 as compared with 1,522 at the close of the year 1930.