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Paddington 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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TABLE 7.
Notification of Infectious Diseases in Districts coterminous with Paddington.
| District. | Pop., 1899. | 1899. | Smallpox. | Cholera. | Diphtheria. | Membr. Croup. | Erysipelas. | Fever. | All Diseases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet. | | Typhus. | Enteric. | Relapsing. | Continued. | Puerperal. | |||||||||
| PADDINGTON. | 128,794 | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 58 | ... | 40 | 72 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 2 | 188 |
| 2nd ,, | ... | ... | 47 | 1 | 27 | 59 | 11 | ... | 3 | 148 | ||||
| 3rd „ | ... | ... | 46 | ... | 41 | 137 | 1 | 28 | ... | 1 | 1 | 254 | ||
| 4th „ | 51 | 1 | 38 | 114 | 42 | ... | 1 | 247 | ||||||
| Year | ... | ... | 201 | 2 | 146 | 382 | 1 | 97 | ... | 1 | 7 | 837 | ||
| Rates† 1899 | ... | ... | 1.56 | 0.01 | 1.13 | 2.96 | 0.00 | 0.75 | ... | 0.00 | 0.05 | 6.49 | ||
| 1898 | ... | ... | 200 | 0.03 | 1.02 | 2.38 | 0.58 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 6.05 | ||||
| ST. MARYLEBONE. | 140,139 | 1st Qr., | ... | ... | 32 | ... | 46 | 61 | ... | 24 | ... | ... | 2 | 165 |
| 2nd „ | ... | ... | 42 | 2 | 42 | 117 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 218 | |||
| 3rd | ... | ... | 40 | ... | 59 | 99 | ... | 33 | ... | ... | 232 | |||
| 4th „ | ... | ... | 78 | 2 | 1 55 | 123 | ... | 50 | ... | 1 | 1 | 310 | ||
| Year | 2 | ... | 192 | 4 | 202 | 400 | ... | 118 | ... | 1 | 6 | 925 | ||
| Rates† 1899 | 0.01 | ... | 1.37 | 0.02 | 1.44 | 2.85 | ... | 0.84 | ... | 0.00 | 0.04 | 6.60 | ||
| 1898 | 0.00 | ... | 1.67 | 0.00 | 1.29 | 2.22 | ... | 0.72 | ... | 0.72 | 0.06 | 6.98 | ||
| ST. GEORGE, Hanover Square. | 80,870 | 1-t Qr. | ... | ... | 23 | 2 | 23 | 52 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 109 |
| 2nd „ | ... | ... | 24 | 1 | 13 | 33 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | ... | S3 | ||
| 3rd „ | ... | ... | 19 | ... | 17 | 49 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | 96 | ||
| 4th „ | 21 | 1 | 21 | 64 | 15 | ... | 1 | 123 | ||||||
| Year | ... | ... | 87 | 4 | 74 | 198 | ... | 46 | ... | ... | 2 | 411 | ||
| Rates† 1899 | ... | ... | 1.07 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 2.44 | ... | 0.56 | ... | ... | 0.02 | 5.08 | ||
| 1898 | 0.01 | ... | 1.37 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 2.74 | ... | 0.48 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 5.18 | |||
| KENSINGTON. | 172,899 | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 64 | ... | 66 | 71 | ... | 22 | ... | 1 | 1 | 225 |
| 2nd „ | ... | ... | 35 | 1 | 36 | 104 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 197 | |||
| 3rd ,, | ... | ... | 75 | ... | 45 | 137 | ... | 42 | ... | 8 | 1 | 308 | ||
| 4th „ | ... | 76 | 2 | 62 | 133 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 324 | ||||
| Year | ... | ... | 250 | 3 | 209 | 445 | 1 | 118 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 1054 | ||
| Rates † 1899 | ... | ... | 1.44 | 0.01 | 1.20 | 2.57 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 6.09 | ||
| 1898 | ... | 0.00 | 1.25 | 0.04 | 1.05 | 2.75 | 0.05 | 0.60 | 0...02 | 0.06 | 5.83 | |||
| WILLESDEN. | 107,014 | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 86 | 1 | 15 | 82 | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 2 | 200 |
| 2nd ,, | ... | ... | 70 | ... | 15 | 72 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 3 | 169 | ||
| 3rd „ | ... | 1 | 71 | ... | 20 | 99 | ... | 27 | ... | ... | 219 | |||
| 4th „ | ... | 93 | 1 | 30 | 162 | 28 | ... | 314 | ||||||
| Year | ... | 1 | 320 | 2 | 80 | 415 | ... | 78 | ... | ... | 6 | 902 | ||
| Rates† 1899 | ... | 0.00 | 2.98 | 0.01 | 0.74 | 3.87 | ... | 0.72 | ... | ... | 0.05 | 8.42 | ||
| 1898 | 0.01 | ... | 3.34 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 3.63 | 0.67 | ... | 0.02 | 8.43 | ||||
| CHELSEA.* | 96,721 | 1st Qr. | ... | ... | 73 | 3 | 16 | 73 | ... | 11 | ... | 1 | 2 | 179 |
| 2nd ,, | ... | ... | 67 | 1 | 19 | 57 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 4 | 144 | ||
| 3rd ,, | ... | 1 | 62 | ... | 16 | 71 | 17 | ... | 2 | 2 | 171 | |||
| 4th „ | 42 | 1 | 31 | 81 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 187 | ||||||
| Year | ... | 234 | 6 | 8? | 982 | ... | 64 | ... | 4 | 9 | 681 | |||
| Ratesf 1899 | ... | 0.01 | 2.41 | 0.05 | 0.84 | 2.91 | ... | 0.66 | ... | 0.04 | 0.09 | 7.04 | ||
| 1898 | 2.77 | 0.05 | 0.97 | 3.47 | ... | 0.57 | ... | 0.00 | 0.05 | 7.89 | ||||
* One Case (female) erroneously dsgniod typhus ferver at this age,
but not included herein.