Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Scarlet fever.
Paddington. | London. | |
---|---|---|
Cases reported, 1899 | 382 | 18,113 |
Average annual number, 1890-98 | 482 | 22,594 |
Case-rate, 1899 | 2.95 | 3.98 |
In 1898 17 streets in North Paddington furnished
more than three cases each, or 5 fewer than last year.
From the 22 streets enumerated below, containing
approximately 2,967 houses, 186 (out of the total 313)
cases were reported from 133 houses.
Cases.
Houses.
Cases.
Houses.
Adpar Street
7
4
Harrow Road
14
11
Ashmore Road
17
13
Hasboro' Street
4
3
Barnsdale Road
9
5
Kennett Road
4
2
Bravington Rd.
19
14
Kilburn Pk. Rd.
5
4
Carlton Mews
5
2
Marylands Road
4
1
Carlton Terrace
North W harf Rd
. 4
3
Chippenham Rd.
11
8
Paddington Grn.
4
2
Clarendon Street
7
3
Portnall Road
21
16
Elgin Avenue
5
3
Shirland Road
10
9
Fermoy Road
4
4
Walterton Road
13
10
Fernhead Road
6
5
Woodchester St.
8
7
Hall Place
6
4
These streets contained 2,967 houses, of which 133 furnished 186 cases.
There was an apparently excessive prevalence in
the extreme north-western and northern parts of the
district, as is manifested by the fact that 6 streets in
that part, containing approximately 1,267 houses,
furnished 85 cases (more than one-fourth of the whole) from 66 houses.
The streets in question were:—
Cases.
Houses.
Cases.
House.
Ashmore Road
17
13
Portnall Road
21
16
Bravington Rd.
19
14
Shirland Road
10
9
Kilburn Pk. Rd
5
4
Walterton Road
13
10