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Paddington 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Measles.

Table: Notified and Reported Cases, 1924. Four-Weekly Periods.

Notified and Reported Cases, 1924. 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.Period No. 11.Period No. 12.Period No. 13.Totals.
Borough30479296691147425917110318252660204,129
Wards—
Queen's Park7675679671682610———1—490
Harrow Road3813924222911271674364541961
Maida Vale131931901414226181523412650
Westbourne841051471298317121041014418664
Church (and Town)6020725019910347271046235923
Lancaster Gate, West10201316215——1——2189
Lancaster Gate, East10211825117—2—2162105
Hyde Park13323976311821131––21247

Table: Measles.Notified and Reported Cases , 1925. Four-Weekly Periods.

Measles.

Notified and Reported Cases , 1925. 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.Period No. 11.Period No. 12.Period No. 13.Totals.
Borough23286611916210447252037522196481,550
Wards—
Queen's Park—221332744558110201
Harrow Road621821363696741424167350
Maida Vale55816231811222—68112272
Westbourne44621161992420171491227
Church (and Town)46245268211271592973311
Lancaster Gate, West22331—1—11432546
Lancaster Gate, East2424821—1—121542
Hyde Park–3317521–122155101

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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Eighteen, cases of purulent eye-discharge of the new-born were notified in 1924 and 23 in 1925,
all by medical practitioners. In no instance was there any permanent impairment of vision, so far
as could be ascertained. When one considers that this disease was at one time a common cause of
life-long blindness, the above results, which are now usual, are a striking example of how much good
may result from organised and persistent efforts directed against an easily controlled disease. As
soon as a case of this disease is notified, intensive efforts are made by the Council's staff to ensure that
proper treatment is carried out. Daily visits are paid and private or charitable medical treatment is
invariably enforced. Where necessary the infant and its mother are removed to a hospital, provision
of this accommodation being ample. All necessary nursing attention is given by home visiting on
the part of the Paddington and St. Marylebone Nursing Association.
A few cases of slight discharge from the eyes of infants reported by midwives to the London
County Council are referred to this Department and receive constant attention, no doubt preventing
at times the onset of the more severe form of the disease.
During 1924, 3 cases were referred to the District Nursing Association, 67 visits being paid. In
1925 there were also 3 cases nursed, 75 visits being paid.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
There were 9 cases notified in 1924 and 15 in 1925. Arrangements for institutional treatment
in the Infirmary and other Hospitals are adequate.
ERYSIPELAS.
Sixty-nine cases were notified in 1924, 24 of which were removed to a hospital. Sixty-four cases
were notified in 1925, 30 of which were removed to a hospital.
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS.
This disease, commonly known as infantile paralysis, is of uncommon occurrence. It occasionally
shows evidence of being spread by personal infection and for this reason remains on the
list of notifiable diseases. As a matter of fact, its chief interest lies in its after-effects, deformities