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Willesden 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1903
Pages
134
Tables
74

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74 tables in this report

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    TABLE No. 1. ESTIMATED POPULATION TO MIDSUMMEE 1902.
    Houses.Population
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    Grouped occupations of Males aged 10 years and upwards in the Urban District of Willesden; also proportion of children of 10 and under 14 years of age engaged in occupations according to the Census of 1901.
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    Grouped occupations of Females aged 10 years and upwards in the Urban District of Willesden: also proportion of children of 10 and under 14 years of age, and of Married and Widoived Women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female Domestic Servants to separate occupiers or families according to the Census of 1901.
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    TABLE No. 2. MARRIAGES.
    1902.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quaiter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
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    TABLE No. 3. BIRTHS.
    1902.Boys.Girls.Totals.
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    TABLE No. 4. Births distributed into Wards as follows : —
    wards.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.Rate per 1000 of Population.
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    Taking the figures of the census year 1901 to which my data limit me, I find that the birth rate per thousand estimated on the population living at the procreative period, 20-45, is as follows:—
    WARDS.Birth Rates per 1,000, 20-45. 1901.Rate per 1,000 of Population.
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    TABLE No. 5. (15)
    Mean Annual Death Rate for England and Wait, I896-1900.Population of Willesden, 1901.Calcu'ated number of Deaths.
    Ages.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Persons.
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    TABLE No. 6.
    WARDS.Death Rates 1902. Per 1000.1898-1902. Rate of Infantile Mortality.1902. Rate of Infantile Mortality. Per 1000Zymotic rate. Per 1000.Diarrhoea. Per 1000.Phthisis. Per 1000.
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deaths in Public Institutions.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District.Deaths of residents registered beyond District.Deaths at all Aoe8. Nett.
    Number.Rate*Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate*Number.Rate*
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    TABLE No. 8.
    Names of Localities.CHURCH END.HARLESDEN.KENSAL OREEN.SOUTH KILBURN.
    yeab.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all AgesDeaths under 1 yearPopulation estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE No. 8.— Continued.
    Names of Localities.MID KILBURN.NORTH KILBURN.WILLESDEN GREEN.
    Yeab.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Biiths Registered.Deaths at all A get*.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE No. 9. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1902.
    Cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality. Wards.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. Wards.
    Notifiable Diseases.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Church End.Harlesden.Kensal Green.South Kilburn.Mid Kilburn.North Kilburn.Willesden Green.Church End.Harlesden.Kensal Green.South Kilburn.Mid Kilburn.North Kilburn.Willesden Green.
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    TABLE No. 10.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages).Deaths in Public Institutions.
    All agesUnder 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 1.15 and under 25.25 and under C5.65 and upwards.Church End.Harlesden.Kensal Green.South Kilburn.Mid Kilburn.North Kilburn.Willesden Oreen.
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    TABLE No. 10.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.—(Continued).
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages).Deaths in Public Institutions,
    All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under G5.65 and upwards.Church End.Harlesden.Kensal Oreen.South Kilburn.Mid Kilburn.North Kilburn.Willesden Green.
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    TABLE No. 11. (29 ZYMOTIC MORTALITY DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS. EATE PEE 1,000.
    1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.Rate for the Country Generally.1902.Rate for the Country Generally.
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    TABLE No. 12. NOTIFICATIONS.
    1892.1893.1891.1895.1696.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.
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    NOTIFICATIONS DISTRIBUTED IN WARDS. TABLE No. 13.
    WARDS.Plague.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaTyphoid Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Puerperal Fever.TOTAL.
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    ANALYSIS OF NOTIFICATIONS. TABLE No. 14.
    WARDS.Total No. of Roads.Total No. of Roads infected.Total No. of Roads not infected.Average No. of cases per Infected Road.Average No. of cases per Road.Infected Road3. Per cent, of whole.Notification Rate per 1,000 of Population.
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    VACCINATION RETURNS.
    Years.No. of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Dead.Conscientious Objectors.Postponed by Doctor.Gone Away.Unvaccinated.
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    TABLE No. 15. SCARLET FEVER. Total No. of cases in which the notifications were consecutivc, but where the secondary cases occurred within the incubative period of the primary.
    WARD.No. of Cases.No. of Houes.Mean No. of Cases per House.
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    TABLE No. 16. Cases nursed at home with secondary notifications beyond the incubative period.
    ward.No. of Secor dary Cases.No. of Houses.Interval between Notification of Primary and Not fication of Secondary Cases.
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    TABLE No. 17. Total No. of cases occurring where primary case had been discharged from Hospital within one month of notification of secondary.
    \ward.No. of Infecting Cases.No. of Returns.No. Of Houses.Interval in davs from date of discharge to occurrencf of return.
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    TABLE No. 19. Total No. of Cases in which the secondary case exceeds the incubative period, but occurring Whilc the primary case was still in Hospital.
    WARD.No of Secondary CasesNo. of Houses.Interval between Primary and Secondary.Interval between date of Disinfection and Secondary.
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    TABLE No. 20.
    1903.Highest by day.Lowest by Night.Ringe in mouth.Mean of all highest.Mean of all lowest.Four-foot earth Thermometer.Meandepree of humidity.Rainfall in inches.Number of riavs on which rain fell.
    Maximum.Minimum.
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    GEOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF DISTRICT. I am indebted to Messrs. McVitie & Price for their kindness in furnishing me with the following new facts concerning the underlying Strata, as discovered by a boring at their works in Willesden. Details of Strata discovered during boring of Artesian Well at Messrs. McVitie & Price's, Lower Place. Total depth 837 feet. Boring commenced the middle of June, 1902, finished the end of August, 1902.
    Depth, feet.Thick ness.Depth. feet.Thick ness.
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    Details of Strata discovered during Boring of an Artesian Will, at the Metropolitan Railway Works, Neasden. Total depth 400 feet.
    Depth.Thickness
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    Average amount collected per house 1.3 loads. Number of loads removed per month
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    Number of working days per month:—
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    TABLE No. 21. Showing Result of Inspections of Milk Shops in respect of the following items:—
    District.Number of Milkshops.Number found registered.Number found unregisteredCondition of milk storage.Cleansing of milk vessels.Special provision made for beating of water.Number of Customers.Number of Vendors supplied by Distributing Agent.Number supplied direct by farmer.
    Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.
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    TABLE No. 22.
    Details of Inspections.Dress makers and other wearing apparel.Laundries.Miscellaneous.Total.
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    Number of Persons Occupying Boats Inspected.
    Men.Women.Children.Total
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    TABLE A. INSPECTIONS:—
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    TABLE 13.
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    TABLE C. DISINFECTION
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    CENSUS 1901. Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in the Urban District of Willesden and its Constituent Wards, 1901.
    All Ages.Under 1 Year.12-3—4—Under 5 Years.5—IO13—14—IO Years and under 15 Years.15—16—17-18-19—15 Years and under 20 Years.20-21 —20 Years and under 25 Years.25—30-35—40—45—50 -55—6O—6570—75—80—85—90—95—1OO and upwards.
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    UNDERGROUND BAKEHOUSE INSPECTION, 1902.
    Reference No.Height of Bakehouse.Cubic Capacity. c. ft.Floor Area. Over 300 square ft.Condition of Walls.Provision for Storage of Flour.Opening into Bakehouse from Street Level.If Bakehouse adequately Lighted by Daylight.Ventilation.Communication with Area, etc., containing objectionable Materials.
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    SUMMARY OF SYSTEMATIC INSPECTIONS, 1902.
    locality.Cisterns uncovered.Cisterns found dirty.Rooms or Premises Dirty.Roofs Defective.Drains Defective.Drains Choked.Rain Water Pipes and Guttering Defective.Soil and Vent. Pipes Defective.Absence of or insufficient supply of Water to W.C.Dilapidated Dust Bins.Dilapidated Yard Paving.Overcrowding.Defective W.C.'sDefective Waste Pipes.Total number of Houses.
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    TABLE No. 1a.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Other DiseasesTotal.
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    TABLE No. 1 b. A ges of those admitted.
    Under 1 year.From 1 to 2 yrs.Two to 5 years.Five to 10 yeais.Over 10 years.Total ofTotal
    m.F.m.F.m.F.m.F.m.F.Mis.Fins.
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    TABLE No. lc. D eaths.
    Under 1 year.From 1 to 2 yrs.Two to 5 years.Five to 10 yearsOver 10years.Total ofTotal
    M.Jr.M.FM.F.M.F.M.F.MisFms.
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    Fatality Rate per cent, for each age period.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.
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    TABLE No. 2. Fatality rate calculated according to the Registrar-General's formula of dividing the deaths multiplied by .100 by half the sum of the admissions, discharges, and deaths for the year.
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    TABLE No. 3.
    Mean duration of Membrane.Fatality Rate per cent.
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    TABLE No. 4.
    Duration of Membrane.Fatality Rate per cent.
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    TABLE No. 5.
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    TABLE No. 6. Showing the incidence of antitoxin rashes.
    Time of appearance from date of injection.No. of Cases.
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    TABLE No. 7.
    From Patients of outside Practitioners.From Patients on admission to Hospital.From Patients on discbarge from Hospital.From Patients in Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 8.
    1896189718981899190019011902
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    TABLE No. 9. Complications of Scarlet Fevkr.
    Nature of Complication.No. of CasesRate per cent, of cases for the year.
    1901.1902.1901.1902.
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    TABLE No. 10. Weekly Return from the opening of the Small Pox Hospital at Honeypot Lane.
    Week ending.Feb. 22.Mar. 1.Mar. 8.Mar. 15.Mar. 22.Mar. 29.April 6.
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    TABLE No. 10— continued.
    Week onding.May SI.June 7.June 14.June 21.June 28.July 5.July 12.
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    TABLE No. 11.
    Cases.Deaths.Fataliiy Rate per 100.
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    TABLE No. 12.
    No. of Marks.Cases.Deaths.Fatality Rate per cent.
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    TABLE No. 13. Table showing the number of unvaccinated cases at each quin-quenium, nature of attack and result.
    Age Period.No. Attacked.Nature of Attack.Result.
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    TABLE No. 14. Table shoiving the number of cases stated to have been vaccinated but presenting no evidence in the shape of vaccine marks.
    Age Period.No. Attacked.Nature of Attack.Result.
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    TABLE No. 15. Tabic shoiving number of vaccinated cases at each quinquenium, the number of vaccine marks, nature of attack and result.
    Age Period.Vaccine Marks.No. Attacked.Nature of AttackResult.
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    TABLE No. 15.— (Continued).
    Age Period.Vaccine MarksNo. At-tacked.Nature of Attack.Result.
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    TABLE No. 16.
    Cases.Confluent or haemorrhagicRate per 100.
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    TABLE No. 17.
    No. of Marks.Cases.Hæmorrhagic or confluent.Rate per cent.
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    TABLE No. 18. Diseases complicating Diphtheria.
    Nature of Disease.No. of CasesNo. of Deaths.
    1901.1902.1901.1902.
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    TABLE No. 19. Diseases complicating Scarlet Fever.
    Nature of Disease.No. of Cases.Deaths.
    1901.1902.1901.1902.
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    CASES WRONGLY DIAGNOSED. TABLE No. 20.
    Cases wrongly diagnoped.Admitted with mother or without illness.
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    TABLE No. 21. Table showing cases admitted wrongly diagnosed and the diseases for which they were mistaken.
    Admitted foeSuffering fbom
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    TABLE No. 22. Table showing the number of cases of Diphtheria notified in each Ward, the number removed to Hospital, and the ratio of removals to notifications.
    Notifications.Cases removed to Hospital.Ratio of removals to Notifications.
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    TABLE No. 23. Table shoiving the number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified in each Ward, tJie number removed to Hospital, and the ratio of removals to notifications.
    Notifications.Cases removed to Hospital.Ratio of removals to NotificationsMean.
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    TABLE No. 24. Table shoiving the number of cases of Enteric Fever notified in each ward, the number removed to Hospital, and the ratio oj removals to notifications.
    Notifications.Cases removed to Hospital.Ratio of removals of Notifications.
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    TABLE No. 25.
    1897.1898.1899.190p.1901.1902.
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    EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1902. Including Maintenance of Hospital at Kingsbury.
    £s.d
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    Continued from previous page...
    Disinfecting:—£s.d.
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    Ambulance:—
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    Statement of Expenditure out of Hospital Account during 1902, other than Accounts direct from Hospital.
    £s.d.
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    Statement of Expenditure in respect of Small Pox Hospital during 1902, other than Accounts received direct from Hospital.
    £s.d.
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    Statement of Amount paid during year 1902, for Instalments and Interest on Hospital Loans.
    Instalments.Interest.Totals.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.