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Willesden 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1896
Pages
51
Tables
24

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24 tables in this report

  • Page 12
    TABLE No. 1.
    Population at Census, 1891.Houses placed on Kate - book since Census, less 5 9 per cent, for empties.Average number of persons to each house at Census.Increase of population since Census.WABDS.Estimated population at middle of 1895.Area in acres.Number of persons per acre.
  • Page 13
    TABLE No. 2. THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMPRISES:—
    houses.population.
  • Page 13
    TABLE No. 3. Marriages Celebrated in Churches :—
    1899.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.TOTAL.
  • Page 14
    TABLE No. 4. BIRTHS. The number of Births registered during the year has been 2,469.
    1895.Boys.Girls.TOTAL.
  • Page 14
    TABLE No. 5. Births distributed in Wards as follows :—
    WARDS.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.TOTAL.Rate per 1,000 population.
  • Page 18
    The following list compares the death rates of certain diseases in Willesden and the country generally, viz.:—
    Willesden.England & Wales. (Average of 10 years.)
  • Page 18
    Inquests .— Fifty-seven have been held, the verdicts being as follows, viz.:—
    No.
  • Page 19
    TABLE No. 6.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.No. of Deaths.
  • Page 20
    TABLE No. 7. Table of Deaths during the Year 1895, in the Willesden Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    WARDS.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.6 and under 15.15 and under 25.'25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVERS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea & Dysntry.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.TOTAL,
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 21
    TABLE No. 8. Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the Willesden Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    WARDS.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aped under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in eacli Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from tlieir Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.Small Fox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVKRS.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FEVKRS.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 22
    ZYMOTIC MORTALITY DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS. RATE PER 1,000.
    1886188718881889189018911892189318941895Rate for the Country generally, 1895.
  • Page 23
    During the last three years the following cases have been notified, viz:—
    1893.1894.1895.
  • Page 24
    TABLE No. 9.
    WARDS.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria,Typhoi-1Erysipelas.Cronp.Puerperal.TOTAL.
  • Page 29
    VACCINATION RETURNS.
    No. of Births for the year 1895.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible to Vaccination.Dead unvacci. nated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Gone Away.Cases not yet vaccinated.
  • Page 33
    Proceedings had to be taken to enforce the orders of the Council in six instances as follows, viz.:—
    No.
  • Page 36
    SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1895.
    No.
  • Page 37
    TABLE No. 1. INSPECTIONS:—
  • Page 38
    COMMON LODGING HOUSES:—
  • Page 39
    TABLE No. 2.
  • Page 40
    DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS
  • Page 41
    TABLE No. 3. WATER SUPPLY AND WATER SERVICE. Wells:—
  • Page 42
    Drains:—
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    TABLE No. 4.
  • Page 44
    SUMMARY OF SYSTEMATIC INSPECTIONS, 1895.
    LOCALITY.Defective Water Supply.Drains Choked.Defective and Foul W.C.'sDefective Traps.Offensive Accumulations.Cisterns (dirty and uncovered).Dilapidated Ashpits.Dilapidated Guttering and Rainpipes.Dirty Rooms and Passages.Dilapidated Yard Paving.Leaky Roofs.Damp Walls.Waste pipes in Drains.Overcrowding.Total Number of Houses.