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Diphtheria caused 25 deaths—20 in St. Mary's
and 5 in St. John's—equivalent to a rate of 0.22 per
1,000 inhabitants. All the houses in which the deaths
occurred were carefully inspected. In some the drains
were untrapped or otherwise defective, in others the
joints of the soil pipes were open and near to bed-room
windows, or the cistern overflow pipe entered the
drain or the soil pipe.
In some instances the houses were in a fair sanitary
condition, and in two cases the disease was not contracted
in Paddington.
In London the death-rate was 0.22.
Whooping Cough caused 59 deaths—49 in St.
Mary's and 10 in St. John's, equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.53 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0.61.
Fever, including typhus, typhoid, and simple continued
fever caused 21 deaths. 1 was ascribed to
typhus, 17 to typhoid fever, and 3 to simple continued
fever. In the case of the death from typhus fever, the
disease was not contracted in the Parish.
Of the 17 typhoid cases—equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.15 per 1,000 inhabitants—9 occurred in St.
Mary's and 8 in St. John's Sub-district. All were
carefully investigated. In 4 of the cases the disease
was not contracted in London. In 6 instances the