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Paddington 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON
Interim Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1942.
population: The estimated civilian population for 1942, furnished by the Registrar-General, shows an increase over that for 1941, but the figures are not available for publication. Live Births 1,3971 Stillbirths 47; Deaths 1,268. Maternal Deaths 4; Infant Deaths 78; Maternal Mortality Rate 2.77; Infant Mortality Rate 56.
| CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS | All Ages | Under 1 year of age | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | TOTAL | M | F | TOTAL | |
| ALL CAUSES | 608 | 660 | 1268 | 47 | 31 | 78 |
| Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 41 | 29 | 70 | - | - | - |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 4 | 13 | 17 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Syphilitic diseases | 10 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 5 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Measles | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute infectious encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males) | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of uterus | - | 19 | 19 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 14 | 15 | 29 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of breast | 1 | 28 | 29 | - | - | - |
| Cancer of all other sites | 65 | 65 | 130 | - | - | - |
| Diabetes | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Intra-cranial vascular lesions | 35 | 62 | 97 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heart disease | 132 | 156 | 288 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other circulatory diseases | 30 | 24 | 54 | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 4.1 | 46 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 40 | 34 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 6 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Ulcer of stomach or duodenum | 10 | 3 | 13 | - | - | - |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Appendicitis | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Other digestive diseases | 9 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nephritis | 6 | 9 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal sepsis | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Other maternal causes | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Premature birth | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile disease | 20 | 9 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Suicide | 14 | 4 | 18 | - | - | - |
| Road traffic accidents | 8 | 4 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Other violent causes | 26 | 25 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| All other causes | 55 | 55 | 110 | — | — | — |
| NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Total Cases Notified | Cases Admitted to Hospitals | Total Deaths | |||
| Acute Encephalitis lethargica | — | - | — | |||
| " Influenzal pneumonia | 11 | - | - | |||
| " Primary pneumonia | 96 | 75 | 8 | |||
| " Polio-encephalitis | - | - | - | |||
| " Polio-myelitis | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| " Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | - | |||