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Willesden 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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probably much more correctly than on the usual basis
of rate per thousand living. The rate per thousand
living at the procreative age period gives the order of
relative fecundity as above stated, whereas, worked
on the ordinary basis, the order is Church End,
Kensal Green, Willesden Green, Mid-Kilburn,
Harlesden, South Kilburn, and North Kilburn.
South Kilburn on the latter basis comes second
lowest, whereas on the basis of people living at the
procreative period it is second highest. It must be
borne in mind, however, that in the Wards where the
servant-keeping class predominate such as Willesden
Green and North Kilburn, there is a large population
living at this age period which is unmarried.
BIRTHS OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
The illegitimate births registered in the District
were 48: boys, 27 ; girls, 21; equal to 1*2 per cent,
of the births, the figures apart from the rate corresponding
exactly with those of last year.
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the District were 1,447;
males, 703; females, 744. Those registered outside
the District but belonging to it were 268, giving a