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Paddington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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14
THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable under certain conditions in Paddington:—
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica. Glanders.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. Hydrophobia.
Acute Polio-encephalitis. Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhœa.
Acute Polio-myelitis. Malaria.
Acute Primary Pneumonia. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Acute Rheumatism. Plague.
Anthrax. Puerperal Fever.
Cerebro-spinal Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia.
Chicken-pox. Relapsing Fever.
Cholera. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Continued Fever. Smallpox.
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup. Tuberculosis.
Dysentery. Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Erysipelas. Typhus Fever.
Food Poisoning or Suspected Food Poisoning.
The following table summarises the cases of notifiable diseases notified in the years 1924 to
1934:—
Analysis of Notification Certificates. (Uncorrected for Errors in Diagnosis.)
| 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| „ Influenzal Pneumonia | 87 | 88 | 76 | 107 | 59 | 135 | 40 | 97 | 66 | 102 | 35 |
| „ Primary Pneumonia | 369 | 265 | 184 | 183 | 202 | 247 | 168 | 243 | 184 | 157 | 155 |
| „ Polio-encephalitis | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| „ Polio-myelitis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| „ Rheumatism | — | — | - | (a)34 | 76 | 52 | 43 | 37 | 21 | 37 | 41 |
| Anthrax | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Chicken-pox | 395 | 459 | 599 | 461 | 567 | 382 | 515 | 555 | 291 | 364 | 333 |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 278 | 336 | 462 | 367 | 302 | 311 | 366 | 254 | 194 | 277 | 245 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 69 | 64 | 76 | 90 | 90 | 69 | 74 | 67 | 60 | 66 | 66 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (a)11 | 17 | 45 |
| German Measles | 458 | 375 | 124 | 78 | 109 | 1163 | 86 | 58 | 77 | (b)11 | — |
| Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhœa | — | — | - | (a) 6 | 20 | 63 | 30 | 40 | 103 | 67 | 70 |
| Malaria | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 2757 | 879 | 1738 | 154 | 2862 | 210 | 1790 | 541 | 1414 | (b)103 | - |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 19 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| „ Pyrexia | — | — | (a)17 | 34 | 32 | 42 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 53 | 36 |
| Scarlet Fever | 290 | 264 | 199 | 320 | 519 | 323 | 356 | 379 | 286 | 396 | 437 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis—Total | 379 | 400 | 356 | 381 | 321 | 335 | 284 | 311 | 289 | 270 | 284 |
| Pulmonary | 242 | 231 | 218 | 212 | 196 | 242 | 196 | 218 | 213 | 203 | 199 |
| Other Forms | 137 | 169 | 138 | 169 | 125 | 93 | 88 | 93 | 76 | 67 | 85 |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 15 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
(а) First Year of Notification.
(b) Not notifiable after 19th March, 1933.
The following table furnishes an analysis of some of the notifiable diseases according to age, sex
and ward of the Borough:—
1934. NOTIFICATIONS. A.—Ward Distribution.
| Queen's Park. | Harrow Road. | Maida Vale. | Town. | Church. | Westbourne . | Lancaster Gate. | Hyd Park | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | East. | ||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | |
| Diphtheria and Memb. Croup | 10 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 37 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 3 | — | 6 | 5 |
| Typhoid and Continued Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia—A. Influenzal | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | - | — | — | 1 |
| „ A. Primary | 6 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
| „ Pyrexia | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | 2 | — | 7 | — | 10 | — | 2 | - | 2 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 16 | 29 | 46 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 45 | 47 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 12 |