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Willesden 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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As will be seen from Table No. 1, the total
number of patients admitted amounted to 818, which is
205 more than in the preceding year. This number
is greater than any previous year. From the following
list it will be seen how steadily the increase in the
number of admissions has taken place year after year.

Since 1901 the annual admissions have been :—

19014661904552
19025181905613
19035431906818

In Table No. 2, which gives the admissions each
month, it will be noticed that from May onwards a
high number is maintained, and that in the earlier
months of the year the number of admissions does not
show that diminution it is customary to expect at that
period.
It is fortunate, perhaps, that the admissions are
so evenly distributed over the year, and that they did
not take place within a shorter interval.
In consequence of the increased admissions there
was a proportionate rise in the daily number of