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Willesden 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Sanitary Report, 1893.
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Local—
| Nervous | 104 | |
| Circulation | 67 | |
| Respiration | 170 | |
| Digestive | 80 | |
| Urinary | 26 | |
| Others | 11 | |
| 458 | ||
| „ ,, Violence | 28 | |
| Ill-defined and not specified causes, such as Debility | 75 | |
| 1,014 | ||
Infant Deaths.
The deaths of infants under one year of age
amount to 345, which gives a death rate of 153 per
1,000 births, and a per centage of 32 2 of total deaths.
Of children under five years of age there were 475,
equal to 44 3 per cent of total deaths.
Illegitimate Children.
Thirty-three deaths occurred. Inquests were
held in two cases, the verdict of one being Homicide,
the other from Natural Causes. Both the births
and the deaths were less than last year.
Inquests.
There have been 60 inquests held. The
verdicts were: 30 from Natural Causes, 17 Accidental,
11 Suicide, and 2 Homicide.
Deaths not Certified.
There were 12 deaths which were not certified
and no inquest was held. The causes given were:
Premature Birth, 6; Epilepsy, 1; Consumption of
Bowels, 1; Convulsions, 2; Weak Heart, 1; Senile
Decay, 1.