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The Registrar-General calculated the mortality
from this disease in Paddington at 0.04 per 1,000, a
figure considerably below that for any of the contiguous
districts, as indicated below:—
scarblet Fever.
Rates per 1,000 persons of all ages.
Kensington 0.06
Chelsea 0.08
St. George, Hanover
Square 0.09
St. Marylebone 0.11
Hampstead 0.07
Willesden 0.14
Paddington 0.04
Of the 7 deaths recorded, 3 occurred in hospital
(whither 303 patients were removed) and 4 at home.
The fatality in hospital was at the rate of 0.99 per
cent., and at home at 5.01.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1898.
1899.
Fatality among—
Hospital Cases
42
47
2.4
44
25
0.9
Home Cases
5.8
0.7
3.8
2.7
3.5
5.0
All Cases
5.0
3.3
2.7
4.0
2.6
1.8
Percentage of Notified Cases
Removed
82.3
653
76.8
77.3
76.8
79.3
Whooping Cough.
No. of Gases Fatality Not known.
No. of Deaths, 1899, 43; 1898, 45; 1897, 40
Mortality „ 0.33; ,, 0.35; „ 0.31
The mortality from this disease was below the
mean (0.38) for the decennium and that for the quinquennium
1889-93 (0.44), but a trifle above that for