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Willesden 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: TABLE No. 5.Births distributed in Wards as follows:—

TABLE No. 5.

Births distributed in Wards as follows:—

WARDS.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.TOTAL.Rate per 1,000 population.
Church End1161109212244041.55
Harlesden79999610938328.32
Kensal Creen12511713013851043.37
South Kilburn10411710312544933.32
Mid Kilburn73938710235529.51
North Kilburn4749456420521.45
Willesden Green90911299740728.07
Totals634676682757274932.2

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The births registered for the year thus number
2,749; there were also 13 births in the Workhouse,
which must be added, making the birth-rate
for the year 32.2 on the total population. The average
rate for the last five years has been 31.6, so
that this is rather an increase.

Table: The births registered in each of the last five years are as follows, viz.:—

The births registered in each of the last five years are as follows, viz.:—

rate for the year.
18922,08531.7
18932,25232.5
18942,26430.7
18952,46931.1
18962,74932.2

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The birth-rate for England and Wales for the
year 29.7.
Illegitimate Births.—Boys, 26; girls, 33; total,
59, being 2.1 per cent. of births, the same as last
year.