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Paddington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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The appended tables furnish an analysis of (A) the notified cases of infectious disease according
to age and sex, and (B) certain selected infectious diseases according to sex and ward of the Borough.
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| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | |
| Acute Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Influenzal Pneumonia | — | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| „ Primary Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| „ Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ Rheumatism | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 52 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | _— | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | I | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning or Suspected Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 12 | — | 3 | — | 5 | 1 — | 1 — |
| Infective Enteritis or Summer Diarrhoea | 16 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 20 | — | 2 | — | — | —_ | — |
| „ Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 34 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 22 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | I | — | — | 1 |
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Hospital Accommodation.—Owing to the difficulty experienced in obtaining nurses in sufficient
numbers to make full use of the accommodation provided for cases of infectious diseases, the London
County Council found it necessary, from the 13th December, to restrict the admission of cases of
scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough and dysentery to those instances in which, in the opinion
of the Borough Medical Officer of Health, hospital treatment was required owing to the severity
of the case or the home conditions. The restrictions were still in force at the end of the year.
A supply of anti-streptococcal (scarlet fever) serum is now provided by the Council for the
use of patients suffering from Scarlet Fever who are unable to obtain it through the National Health
Insurance Scheme or through other sources, and are not in a position to pay for it.
SCARLET FEVER.
During 1937 there were 233 cases of scarlet fever notified. The sex-age distribution of these
cases is shown in Table A above.
Of the 233 cases, 216 were removed to Isolation Hospitals. The remaining cases were treated
at home, proper facilities being available for isolation and treatment. No death from this disease
occurred during the year.
Seasonal Prevalence.—The following table shows the number of cases notified in each fourweekly
period during 1937.