Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE II.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1913.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | ||||||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | South Kilburn. | Mid-Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Brondesbury Park. | Kensal Rise. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Roundwood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | Cricklewood. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
At all ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. j | 5 and under 15. ! | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) |
Small-port | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 233 | .. | 50 | 125 | 22 | 27 | 4 | .. | 38 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 9 | ,5 | 25 | 2S | 15 | 11 | 215 |
Erysipelas | 93 | .. | 5 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 28 | .. | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | *7 |
Scarlet Fever | 504 | .. | 92 | 347 | 46 | 16 | .. | .. | 56 | 74 | 43 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 62 | 41 | 67 | 40 | 28 | 446 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 18 | .. | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Relapsing Fever (R)Continued Fever (C) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3* | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Poliomyelitis | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 368 | .. | 10 | 64 | 72 | 163 | 53 | 5 | 50 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 23 | † 42 | 40 | 40 | 33 | 36 | .. |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 146 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 33 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 118 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | .. |
Totals | 1379 | 15 | 177 | 621 | 188 | 275 | 90 | 13 | 173 | '97 | 95 | 69 | 97 | 85 | 160 | 134 | 168 | 108 | 93 | 691 |
The Willesden Isolation Hospital, Neasden, with 164 beds is provided by the Willesden District Council for patients suffering with infectious
diseases other than Small Pox.
* 1 case of Port Basic Meningitis. f Includes 2 with address " Infirmary " only.