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Diphtheria caused 27 deaths-16 in St. Mary's
and 11 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to an
annual rate of 0'24 per 1,000 inhabitants. All the
houses in which the deaths occurred were carefully
inspected. 12 of them were in a fair sanitary condition.
In 5 houses bell-traps were the only sanitary
defects observed; in 2 the soil pipe was perforated, in
2 the drainage was defective throughout, in 1 the
cistern overflow pipe opened into the D trap of W.C.,
in another the water supply to W.C. was insufficient,
and in the remaining houses there were defective brick
connections and untrapped surface inlets. In 4 cases
the disease was believed not to have been contracted
in Paddington.
In London the rate was 0.23.
Whooping Cough caused 19 deaths, 14 in St.
Mary's and 5 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to
an annual rate of 0.17 per 1,000 inhabitants.
In London the rate was 0.70.
Fever (Typhoid) caused 10 deaths—8 in St.
Mary's and 2 in St. John's Sub-district—equivalent to
an annual rate of 0.09 per 1,000 inhabitants. In 3 of
the cases the disease was not contracted in Paddington.
The houses in which the deaths occurred were
with two exceptions in a fair sanitary condition. In
these the house drains were badly constructed, with
irregular fall, open joints, and imperfect connections.
In London the rate was 0.16.