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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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INQUESTS.
Total number of Inquests held in Willesden on residents during
1907—89. On non-residents—3.
The following is an abstract of the verdicts. Residents:— Cerebro
Spinal Meningitis 1, Diarrhoea 1, Consumption 1, other Tubercular
Diseases 1, Bronchitis 1, Pneumonia 15, Heart Disease 14, Accidents
27, Murder 2, Suicide 3, Congenital Defects 2, Diseases of Nervous
System 11, Diseases of Digestive System 4, Urinary System 1, other
causes 5. Total 89. Non-residents:—Accidents 1, Suicide 1, all
other causes 1. Total 3.

Table: Table 15.RETURN OF INQUESTS, &c., HELD DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1907.

Table 15.

RETURN OF INQUESTS, &c., HELD DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1907.

Mortuary.Inquests.Infectious Cases.Removed for Accommodation.Total.No. of Post Morterns.
Male.Female.
Church End
Kilburn5834-3913178

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UNCERTIFIED DEATHS—8.
Causes ascribed—Consumption 1, Senile Decay 2, Premature
Birth 2, Cerebral Haemorrhage 1, Neuritis 1, Heart Disease 1.
ILLEGITIMATE DEATHS, 1907.
Illegitimate deaths in Willesden, excluding one belonging to
another district, 32.
Causes—Measles 1, Whooping Cough 3, Diarrhoea 1, Tubercular
Disease 1, Pneumonia 6, Premature Birth 4, Marasmus 5, Diseases
of Digestive System 7, all other causes 4.