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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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The cases of infectious disease reported from adjacent Parishes in connection with the local schools, comprised 80 in all, viz. :—
| Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | |
|---|---|---|
| Willesden | 35 | 25 |
| Chelsea | 4 | 4 |
| Kensington | 3 | 7 |
| St. George, Hanover Square | — | — |
| St. Marylebone | — | 2 |
| 42 | 38 |
* Rates per 1,000 individuals in each group.
In comparison with the rates of the preceding ten
years (see Table 13), last year's rate in the whole
Parish (15.96) was 0.33 below the mean (16.29), and
was exceeded five times between 1889-98. In St. Mary
(North Paddington), last year's rate (17.85) was 0.10
above the mean (17.75), and in St. John (rate 1899,
10.57), 1.97 below the mean (12.54), and the lowest
recorded.* The death-rate for the whole Country in
1899, as calculated by the Registrar-General from
* The rates given in Table 13 must be accepted with much reservation,
as the estimates of the populations will probably require to be considerably
corrected when the next Census has been taken.