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Paddington 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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2 were due to personal infection; and 1 to the return
of the earlier case from hospital.
Of the 382 cases of scarlet fever reported in the
Parish, 303 (equal to 71.6 per cent.) were removed to
hospital, 262 from North Paddington (equal to 83.7
per cent. of the notified cases), and 41 from South
(equal to 59.4 per cent.). Of the patients at ages
under 5 years, 84.4 per cent. went to hospital from
North Paddington and 46.1 from South. In the
years 1894-98 the removals of patients of all ages
from the whole Parish formed 82.3, 65.3, 76.8, 77.3,
and 76.8, compared with 71.6 per cent. last year.
The analysis of the multiple infections in 1898 and 1899 is appended below:—
| Houses with | 1897. | 1898. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 case | 200 | 108 |
| 2 cases | 86 | 20 |
| 3 ,, in | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | — |
| 5 „ | 1 | — |
| 6 „ | — | 1 |
| 8 „ | — | 1 |
The notifications of this disease were 22 above the
total for 1898, the previous maximum on record. In
1897 45 cases were recorded, the smallest total since
the introduction of notification. The total for the
Metropolis in 1899 (4,532) was the maximum since
1890, and 664 in excess of previous maximum (3,868
in 1893), the minimum record being 2,612 in 1892.
As will be seen from Table 7, the increase in Paddington
was pro rata higher than that which prevailed in
any of the adjacent districts.
* Cases of continued fever are deemed to be the same as enteric fever,
and are included therewith.