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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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One patient admitted with Typhoid Fever in
1899 developed rapid consumption and died in
February, having become too ill to be removed.
TABLE No. 4.
DEATHS DISTRIBUTED TO THE VARIOUS LOCALITIES FROM WHICH THE PATIENTS CAME.
| Wards. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Other Diseases. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church End | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Harlesden | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Kensal Green | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | 12 |
| South Kilburn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mid-Kilburn | 3 | 1 | . . | 2 | 6 |
| North Kilburn | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Willesden Green | .. | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 |
| Other Districts | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
Cases were removed to hospital from 125 roads.
Scarlet Fever patients were removed from 92 roads,
from 52 of which only one case was removed during
the year. Diphtheria patients were removed from 61
roads, from 39 only the one case removed. Enteric
Fever from 27 roads.
In 1895 and 1896, out of every 1,000 of the