[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of] page 9

Paddington 1947

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

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DEATHS.—

Cause of Death.	All Ages.			Under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death.	M	F	Total	M	F	Total
All Causes.	813	754	1567	54	55	109
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cerebro-spinal fever	—	2	2	—	—	—
Scarlet fever	—	—	—	—	—	—
Whooping cough	2	2	4	—	2	2
Diphtheria	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pulmonary tuberculosis	41	30	71	—	1	1
Other tuberculous diseases	8	4	12	1	1	2
Syphilitic diseases	14	3	17	—	—	—
Influenza	2	4	6	—	—	—
Measles	—	—	—	—	—	—
Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis	—	1	1	—	—	—
Acute infectious encephalitis	1	2	3	—	—	—
Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus (males)	10	—	10	—	—	—
Cancer of uterus	—	13	13	—	—	—
Cancer of stomach and duodenum	15	16	31	—	—	—
Cancer of breast	—	26	26	—	—	—
Cancer of all other sites	87	62	149	—	—	—
Diabetes	6	2	8	—	—	—
Intra-cranial vascular lesions	49	87	136	—	—	—
Heart disease	198	187	385	—	—	—
Other circulatory diseases	40	51	91	—	—	—
Bronchitis	73	40	113	2	4	6
Pneumonia	56	57	113	9	9	18
Other respiratory diseases	17	6	23	—	—	—
Ulcer of stomach or duodenum	20	5	25	—	—	—
Diarrhœa (under 2 years)	11	8	19	11	8	19
Appendicitis	3	3	6	—	—	—
Other digestive diseases	16	19	35	1	—	1
Nephritis	15	9	24	—	—	—
Puerperal sepsis	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other maternal causes	—	1	1	—	—	—
Premature birth	10	12	22	10	12	22
Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile disease	19	23	42	16	17	33
Suicide	10	6	16	—	—	—
Road traffic accidents	15	6	21	—	—	—
Other violent causes	20	21	41	1	1	2
All other causes	55	46	101	3	—	3

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE.—Notifications.

Disease.	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947
Acute Encephalitis lethargica	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
„ Influenzal pneumonia	22	8	11	29	11	9	20	18
„ Primary pneumonia	80	68	96	53	47	88	100	67
„ Polio-encephalitis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4
„ Polio-myelitis	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	21
„ Rheumatism	9	6	2	5	6	_	9	6
Cerebro-spinal fever	24	19	11	9	7	9	4	6
Continued fever	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Diphtheria	42	58	38	54	50	51	37	20
Dysentery	3	12	35	94	38	86	34	8
Erysipelas	43	29	28	29	33	31	23	27
Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning	6	4	6	10	3	4	11	17
Infective enteritis or summer diarrhoea	24	13	27	84	107	154	143	128
Malaria	4	—	3	—	5	2	9	2
Measles	253	301	707	592	174	1,046	690	960
Membranous Croup	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Ophthalmia neonatorum	20	6	6	8	13	11	5	4
Puerperal fever	23	6	5	3	8	25	10	3
Puerperal pyrexia	17	25	38	23	24	37	24	16
Scabies (notifiable from 1st August, 1943)	—	—	—	246	644	804	726	344
Scarlet fever	56	61	110	312	137	126	228	129
Smallpox	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Typhoid or enteric fever	5	9	1	3	—	2	—	3
Whooping cough	24	170	235	142	156	54	155	227