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Paddington 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: Notifications of Scarlet Fever. Four-Weekly Periods.

Notifications of Scarlet Fever. Four-Weekly Periods.

Period No. 1.Period No. 2.Period No. 3.Period No. 4.Period No. 5.Period No. 6.Period No. 7.Period No. 8.Period No. 9.Period No. 10.Peiiod No. 11.Period No. 12.Period No. 13.Totals.
London6057037677197327096465373826257036805138.321
Paddington111112212033161181891213195
Wards—
Queen's Park2———13123322322
Harrow Road223812128212—4460
Maida Vale31232233—4—2227
Town1———1—1——1———4
Church121114—2—22312n
Westbourne—4452112—164—241
Lancaster Gate, West1——211—11—1——a
Lancaster Gate, East1121————1——1—7
Hyde Park—1—1——111———16

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DIPHTHERIA.
(Including Membranous Croup.)
During 1938 there were 229 cases of diphtheria notified, and none of membranous croup. The
sex-age distribution of these cases is shown in Table A on page 17.
Two hundred and twenty-eight patients were removed to Isolation Hospitals; the remaining
case was treated at home, proper facilities being available for isolation and treatment. Eight
deaths from this disease occurred during 1938, 2 of the deaths being those of children under the
age of 5 years.

Table: Comparison with previous years is as follows:—

Comparison with previous years is as follows:—

19299 deaths.
193012 „
19319 „
193213 „
193319 „
193413 „
193513 „
19365 „
19375 „
19388 „

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Seasonal Prevalence.—The following table shows the number of cases notified in each four-weekly
period during 1938:—

Table: Notifications of Diphtheria. Four-Weekly Periods.

Notifications of Diphtheria. Four-Weekly Periods.

Peiiod No. 1.Period No. 2.Period No. 3.Period No. 4.Period No. 5.Period No. 6.Period No. 7.Period No. 8.Period No. 9.Period No. 10.Period No. 11.Period No. 12.Period No. 13.Totals.
London7057366555915394925665345285626076385817,734
Paddington313130142113101461092416229
Wards—
Queen's Park22—3——21—232118
Harrow Road571133—123218753
Maida Vale5682431——1—6238
Town222122————22217
Church1094351262435155
Westbourne6541644411—1239
Lancaster Gate, West———1—1———————2
Lancaster Gate, East1—1——————————2
Hyde Park————12—1————15