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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE 6.
NOTIFICATIONS.
Comparison of Returns for Paddington and London, with the respective averages for 1890-98. (Corrected for duplicates.)
| Notifications. | Sickness Rates. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington. | London. | Paddington. | London. | ||||||||
| 1899. | Difference from Average.1 | 1899. | Difference from Average.* | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | ||
| Smallpox | ... | -14 | 29 | -663 | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |
| Cholera | ... | -o+ | 15 | -21 | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Diphtheria | 201 | -67 | 13,366 | +2,699 | 1.55 | 1.98 | 2.47 | 2.93 | 2.56 | 2.87 | |
| Membr. Croup | 2 | -5 | 339 | -175 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | |
| Erysipelas | 146 | +5 | 5,615 | -796 | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.23 | 1.12 | 1.29 | |
| Fevers. | Scarlet | 382 | -100 | 18,113 | -4,481 | 2.95 | 2.37 | 3.88 | 3.98 | 3.75 | 5.12 |
| Typhu | 1 | +11 | 14 | -5 | 0.00 | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Enteric | 97 | +32 | 4,463 | +1,140 | 0.75 | 0.57 | 0.35 | 0.98 | 0.67 | 0.69 | |
| Relapsing | ... | -0‡ | 1 | -7 | ... | ... | ... | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Continued | 1 | -1 | 69 | -74 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ... | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| Puerperal | 7 | 1 | 330 | +46 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | |
| Totals | 837 | -150 | 42,354 | -2,337 | 6.44 | 6.04 | 7.94 | 9.31 | 8.29 | 10.18 | |
*Only the "Kensal Town" part of Chelsea touches Paddington, but the
figures for that area are not available.
† Kates per 1,000 of the estimated population in each cast. "0.00" indicates
a rate below 0.01 per 1,000.