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the quinquennium 1894-98 (0.32). In North Paddington
the mortality rate (0.44) was similarly below
and above the mean rates, while in South there was
a very satisfactory decline in comparison with all the
means.
The mortality which prevailed in Paddington from
this disease does not compare so favourably with the
rates of the contiguous districts, as it did for measles
and scarlet fever.
Whooping Cough.
Bates per 1,000 persons of all ages.
Kensington 0.35 St. Marylebone 0.24
Chelsea 0.74 Hampstead 0.14
St. George, Hanover
Square 0.17 Willesden 0.29
Paddington 0.33
Diphtheria.
No. of Cases recorded, 1899, 203; 1898, 258; 1897, 322
No. of Deaths „ 29; ,, 64; „ 65
Fatality „ 142 ; ,, 24.8; „ 20.1
Mortality „ 0.22; „ 0.50; „ 0.51
It is gratifying to record a very substantial reduction
in the mortality from and fatality of this disease.
The death-rate last year (0.22) was less than half the
mean rate for the deceunium (0.47), and below the
mean rate for the two quinquennia (0.40 and 0.54 for
the first and second respectively). So low a mortality
rate has not been recorded since 1889, that for 1891
(0.23) and that for 1892 (0.28) being the only rates
below 0.30 per 1,000. The deaths actually recorded