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Paddington 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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INFECTIVE ENTERITIS.
This disease is notifiable in some eight other metropolitan boroughs. On May 2nd, 1927, the
Council made the disease known as "Infective Enteritis" or "Summer Diarrhoea," notifiable for a
period of two years. This Order was made by virtue of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and
is only applicable to children under the age of five years. It was extended in 1929 for a further period
of three years. In 1932 the disease was made permanently notifiable.
Seventy-one cases of disease were notified during the year.
The number of deaths under the age of 5 years was 31, as compared with 22 in 1935, 44 in 1934,
33 in 1933, 103 in 1932, 29 in 1931 and 29 in 1930. Forty-six patients received treatment
in various hospitals.
TUBERCULOSIS.
Tuberculosis of all kinds is notifiable, and particulars of the number of notification certificates
received during the year 1936 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, alterations in procedure which have taken place 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 66 deaths in 1936, and from other tuberculous diseases
there were 10 deaths.
The number of deaths from tuberculosis of all kinds was 97 in 1934, 88 in 1935 and 76 in 1936,
the latter figure creating a new low record. In recent years the numbers of deaths were as follows:—
1919 133 1928 116
1920 146 1929 128
1921 125 1930 114
1922 143 1931 138
1923 127 1932 122
1924 149 1933 104
1925 119 1934 97
1926 125 1935 88
1927 118 1936 76
Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.
| Tuberculosis of the Lungs. | Other Tuberculosis. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Primary Notifications— | ||||||
| 0— 1 year | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1— 5 years | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 5—10 „ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 10—15 " | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 |
| 15—20 " | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20—25 " | 13 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 25—35 " | 25 | 24 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 35—45 " | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 45—55 " | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 55—65 | 9 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — |
| 65 years and over | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Total | 81 | 82 | 163 | 34 | 20 | 54 |
| Cases re-notified | 75 | 48 | 123 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Total Notifications on Form A | 156 | 130 | 286 | 40 | 28 | 68 |
Cases removed from Register:—
By reason of—
Death 65
Removal 194
Recovery of patient or variation of diagnosis 66
Total 325