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to 6.33 in Blackburn. In England and Wales the deaths
corresponded to an annual rate of 1.93 per 1,000, against an
average rate of 2.34 for the 10 preceding first quarters.
Smallpox caused no death in Paddington. One case, that
of a non-parishioner, was removed from St. Mary's Hospital to
an Asylum Hospital. In London there was but one death from
this disease.
Measles caused 16 deaths in Paddington, all of which
occurred in St. Mary's Sub-district, and corresponded to an
annual rate of 0.57 per 1,000 inhabitants. In London the rate
was 0.49.
Scarlet Fever caused 1 death in Paddington; 8 cases were
sent to the Asylum Hospitals. All were from St. Mary's Subdistrict.
In London there were 102 deaths from this disease.
Diphtheria caused 6 deaths—4 in St. Mary's and 2 in St.
John's Sub-district—equivalent to a rate of 0.21 per 1,000
inhabitants. All the houses in which the deaths occurred were
carefully inspected, and were found to be in a fair sanitary
condition. In five of the cases the source of infection could not
be traced, in the sixth case the disease was not contracted at
home.
In London the death-rate was also 0.21; in Edinburgh 0.14;
in Glasgow 0.24; in Dublin 0.01; in England and Wales 0.15
per 1,000 inhabitants.
Whooping-Cough caused 19 deaths, equivalent to an annual
rate of 0.68 per 1,000 inhabitants. In London the rate was 1.50.
Fever (Typhoid) caused 5 deaths. In St. Mary's Subdistrict
the fatal cases were as under:—