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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE No. III a.
CAUSES OF DEATH CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
| Causes of Death. | Willesden U. D. | South Kilburn. | Mid-Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Brondesbury Pk. | Kensal Rise. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Roundwood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | Cricklewood. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12 | (13) | |||
| All causes | Certified | 1676 | 225 | 184 | 107 | 76 | 125 | 153 | 203 | i57 | 148 | 162 | X36 |
| Uncertified | i | 1 | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 4 | j | 1 | x | 1 | ||||||||
| Small Pox | |||||||||||||
| Measles | 69 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 1 | 2 | x | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Whooping Cough .. | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Diphtneria and Croup | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Influenza | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 136 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 159 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 15 | |
| Rheumatic Fever | 12 | i | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Meningitis | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 150 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 132 126 | 15 21 | m '4 | 11 4 | 5 | *4 7 | 11 12 | 16 20 | 16 8 | 12 16 | 11 | ||
| Other Diseases of Respiratary Organs- | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 66 | ii | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | x | 3 | ||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 13 | i | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Alcoholism | 4 | i | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease.. | 47 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 125 | 'I | 1.3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 12 | |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 53 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | |
| Suicide | 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Other Defined Diseases | 398 | S2 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 20 | 43 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 3^ | 42 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown.. | 1 | i | |||||||||||
| 1677 | 225 | 184 | 107 | 76 | 125 | 153 | 204 | 157 | 148 | 162 | X36 | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | i | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |