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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Visiting.—The Lady Sanitary Inspectors visit cases of infectious disease, with the exceptions given below, and following is a summary of their work in this connection.
| Disease | No. of Visits. |
|---|---|
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 125(169) |
| Acute Rheumatism | 9(13) |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 8(8) |
| Chickenpox | 109(297) |
| Diphtheria | 27(40) |
| Dysentery | 22(29) |
| Erysipelas | 12(35) |
| Lice | 441(516) |
| Malaria | 2(3) |
| Measles | 875(1,449) |
| Pneumonia | 89(69) |
| Scabies | 334(833) |
| Scarlet Fever | 20(234) |
| Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever | 24(13) |
| Whooping Cough | 234(380) |
| Visits to Schools | 67(68) |
| Miscellaneous | 1,410(1,168) |
Typhus and smallpox cases are visited by the male Sanitary Inspectors, food poisoning or suspected food poisoning
by the Food Inspectors, puerperal pyrexia, ophthalmia neonatorum and infective enteritis by the London County
Council's Health Visitors, and tuberculosis by the Nurses at the Chest Clinic.
356 visits to cases of infectious disease were paid by the male Sanitary Inspectors, nearly all of which were to
contacts of the 2 cases of smallpox notified, and of other contacts referred to us by Port Authorities or under the Aircraft
Regulations.
| Year | Population | Pulmonary | Non.Pulmonary | Total Cases | Incidence Rate (all forms) per 1,000 C. Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 142,541 | 397 | No record | 397 pul. | 2.8 |
| 1921 | 145,600 | 244 | 91 | 335 | 2.3 |
| 1931 | 140,300 | 213 | 87 | 300 | 2.1 |
| 1939 | 135,300 | 189 | 32 | 221 | 1.6 |
| 1940 | 97,860 | 168 | 37 | 205 | 2.1 |
| 1941 | 77,640 | 184 | 26 | 210 | 2.7 |
| 1942 | 83,640 | 195 | 40 | 235 | 2.8 |
| 1943 | 90,580 | 229 | 28 | 257 | 2.8 |
| 1944 | 93,030 | 233 | 26 | 259 | 2.8 |
| 1945 | 99,790 | 224 | 21 | 245 | 2.5 |
| 1946 | 117,670 | 261 | 24 | 285 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 127,450 | 273 | 22 | 295 | 2.3 |
| 1948 | 128,100 | 300 | 23 | 329 | 2.6 |
| 1949 | 130,640 | 305 | 28 | 333 | 2.5 |
The ward distribution of the cases notified during 1949 is as follows:—
| Ward | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Queens Park | 10(11) | 3(9) | -(-) | -(1) | 13(21) |
| Harrow Road | 16(27) | 24(22) | 1(2) | 2(3) | 43(54) |
| Maida Vale | 42(28) | 32(29) | 2(-) | 3(2) | 79(59) |
| Westbourne | 26(28) | 33(30) | 2(2) | 5(6) | 66(66) |
| Church | 21(18) | 14(12) | 2(-) | 2(1) | 39(31) |
| Town | 6(5) | 3(3) | -(-) | -(-) | 9(8) |
| Lancaster Gate, W. | 15(15) | 10(12) | -(-) | -(1) | 25(28) |
| Lancaster Gate, E. | 19(13) | 7(8) | 1(-) | 1(2) | 28(23) |
| Hyde Park | 13(24) | 11(12) | 2(1) | 5(2) | 31(39) |
| Borough | 168(169) | 137(137) | 10(5) | 18(18) | 333(329) |