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Paddington 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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deuce 011 males was greater than that 011 females, but
the variations from the respective mean-rates were
erratic. At ages under 5 years, the rates were lower
throughout the Parish.
Enteric Fever:
increase (decrease) in rates of 1899, compared with the mean rates for
1894-1898.
0 —5 years.
Males.
Females.
Paddington
—0.3
±0
St. Mary
—0.3
—0.1
St. John
—0.6
±0
Thus it appears that there were reductions in the
rates for these ages ranging from 0.1 per 1,000 to 0.6.
No cases have been reported among the females (0-5
years) in South Paddington since 1894. At ages
over 5 years, the increase amounted in each case to
0.3 per 1,000 for males and females in the whole
Parish and in the Northern Sub-District, while in the
Southern the rate for males was 0.2 in excess of the
mean but that for females equal to the mean. At all
ages, the variations were equally irregular—
Enteric Fever:
increase (decrease) in rates of 1899, compared with the mean rates for
1894-98.
All ages.
Males.
Females.
Persons.
Paddington
+ 0.2
+0.3
+ 0.23
St. Mary
+ 0.3
+ 0.3
+0.32
St. John
+0.1
+0
+ 0.03