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Willesden 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 26.
Table A. CLASS VITAL STATISTICS.
| Class. | Notifications of Infectious Diseases. | Births. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of houses. | Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Croup. | Erysipelas. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Males. | Females. | At all ages. | Infants' Deaths. | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhœa. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Croup. | All other Fevers. | Cancer. | Phthisis. | Marasmus. | |
| Class 1 | 3,036 | 16,453 | 60 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 117 | 109 | 115 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 10,575 | 62,598 | 304 | 109 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 849 | 836 | 663 | 144 | 21 | 6 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 63 | 14 |
| 3 | 7,766 | 64,708 | 277 | 121 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 1,193 | 1,143 | 913 | 288 | 53 | 39 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 70 | 31 |
| Totals | 21,377 | 143,759 | 641 | 254 | 77 | 28 | 13 | 2,159 | 2,088 | 1,696 | 451 | 75 | 45 | 54 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 108 | 138 | 48 |
| 4,247 | + 8 1,704 | [Died in Infirmary, address unknown.) | ||||||||||||||||||
Table B. -Mean Kates 1005, 1906, 1907.
| Mean No. of Houses. | Mean Population. | Mean Infectious Disease Notification rates per 1,000 population. | Mean Birth Hates per 1,000. (3 years). | Mean General Death Rates. | Mean Infantile mortality per 1,000 births. | Mean Death Rates. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 2,927 | 15,864 | 2.40 | 1.43 | .27 | .27 | .06 | 12.90 | 7.33 | 65 | .04 | - | .08 | - | .04 | .06 | 904 | .420 | .08 |
| 2 | 10,343 | 61,208 | 4.08 | 1.69 | .65 | .02 | .09 | 27.38 | 10.60 | 97 | .26 | .08 | .51 | .06 | .12 | 03 | .784 | .958 | .27 |
| 3 | 7,717 | 64,081 | 4.23 | 2.23 | .70 | .31 | .08 | 36.82 | 14.52 | 128 | .62 | .54 | 1.15 | .12 | .13 | .07 | .744 | 1.196 | .51 |
| Mean Rates | 20.987 | 141,153 | 3.96 | 1.91 | .63 | .28 | .08 | 30.04 | 12.09 | 113 | .40 | .28 | .75 | .08 | .12 | .05 | .779 | 1.006 | .36 |
Table A gives the figures for the year 1907. The corresponding figures for 1906 and 1906 are given respectively in the reports for those years.
Table B. The rates given in Table B are the mean rates for the years 1905, 1906 and 1907. The larger number of figures thus dealt with
eliminates many of the chance results of insufficient data.
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