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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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at St. Mary's Hospital) and Westbourne Terrace (3
cases). In no instance was more than one case reported
from any house. There was no evidence of epidemicity
in any part of the District. The proportion of attacks
in persons recently returned from the country or abroad
was high, viz., 7 out of a total of 17 cases reported.
Of the 98 cases reported, 70 (equal to 71.4 per
cent.) were removed to hospital, 59 (72.8 per cent, of
the notifications) from North and 11 (65.3 of the
notifications) from South Paddington. Only two
cases (in North Paddington) were children under
5 years, both of whom were sent to hospital. The
percentage of cases removed, of all ages from whole
parish, during 1894-98, were 51.1, 51.6, 37.1, 43.8,
and 72.3 respectively.
Last year 8 houses had more than a single case, compared with 6 in 1898, the cases being thus distributed:—
| Houses with | 1899. | 1898. |
|---|---|---|
| One case | 64 | 44 |
| 2 cases | 7 | 2 |
| 3 „ | 1 | 2 |
| 4 „ | — | 1 |
| - | 1 |
The 7 cases reported in 1899 were one below the
average, but 2 in excess of the total for 1898, all the
cases being reported from North Paddington. No
case has been reported from the Southern District
for the past five years. The case rate for the whole
Parish was 0.05 per 1,000 persons of all ages, a rate
slightly below the mean for the nine preceding years
(0.06).