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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Willesden 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: 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 1896, in the Willesden Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

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 1896, in the Willesden Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

WARDS.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.TOTALS.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.TOTALS.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
Church End H6126610589440Under 5...2616.....................2...165........................21
5 upwards...5631......7......4...11...4010......2...............52
Barlesdeu13523383Under 5...126......2............1...3...........................3
5 upwards...3020......9......1...16...122........................14
Kensal Green11757510Under 5...149.....................2...92........................11
5 upwards...3211......1............13...223........................25
South Kilburn13472449Under 5...3551...............3...243........................128
5 upwards...7213......21...2...12...5511........................66
Mid Kilburn12027355Under 5...2111......2..................145........................19
5 upwards12713......9......1171175......1............125
North Kilburn9554205Under 5...1451...2............1...61........................7
5 upwards...2615......7............17...93......1...............13
Willesden Green14499407Under 5...356......2............2...12...........................12
5 upwards17510......9......2...141431......1............147
In Hendon Union20013Under 5.....................................................................
5 upwards.....................................................................
Lunatic Asylums131...Under 5.....................................................................
5 upwards.....................................................................
Totals61266857522762Under 5...157582...8............11236...8416.....................1101
5 upwards2318113......441...10190579219835......5............2242