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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. 40.
| Year. | Small Pox. | Cholera. | Plague. | Diphtheria (including membranous Croup). | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Continued Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | *Cerebral Spinal Meningitis. | Poliomyelitis. | ‡Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other forms of §Tuberculosis. | Totals. | Rate per 1,000 of population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) |
| 1892 | 5 | 1 | ... | 145 | 85 | 366 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 634 | 9.4 |
| 1893 | 23 | 1 | ... | 229 | 139 | 589 | 1 | 47 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1035 | 15.0 |
| 1894 | 21 | 1 | ... | 129 | 63 | 268 | ... | 70 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 558 | 7.5 |
| 1895 | 5 | ... | ... | 186 | 81 | 392 | ... | 69 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 741 | 9.3 |
| 1896 | 2 | 1 | ... | 173 | 101 | 475 | ... | 52 | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 815 | 9.5 |
| 1897 | ... | 2 | ... | 275 | 107 | 510 | ... | 52 | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 956 | 10.3 |
| 1898 | 1 | ... | ... | 335 | 70 | 361 | ... | 66 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 835 | 8.4 |
| 1899 | ... | 1 | ... | 319 | 82 | 414 | ... | 79 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 901 | 8.3 |
| 1900 | ... | ... | ... | 226 | 89 | 335 | ... | 77 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 735 | 6.4 |
| 1901 | 10 | ... | 1 | 404 | 79 | 553 | ... | 57 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1106 | 9.5 |
| 1902 | 88 | ... | ... | 440 | 104 | 466 | ... | 73 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1179 | 96 |
| 1903 | 7 | ... | ... | 221 | 76 | 502 | ... | 45 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 862 | 67 |
| 1904 | 12 | ... | ... | 353 | 73 | 326 | ... | 38 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 807 | 5.9 |
| 1905 | ... | ... | ... | 275 | 86 | 397 | ... | 41 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 812 | 5.8 |
| 1906 | ... | ... | ... | 286 | 103 | 637 | ... | 46 | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1082 | 7.6 |
| 1907 | ... | ... | ... | 254 | 77 | 641 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 13 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1016 | 7.0 |
| 1908 | ... | ... | ... | 215 | 78 | 737 | ... | 41 | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1081 | 7 .3 |
| 1909 | ... | ... | ... | 207 | 94 | 638 | ... | 41 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 107 | ... | 1095 | 7.3 |
| 1910 | ... | ... | ... | 166 | 72 | 314 | ... | 23 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 61 | ... | 648 | 4.2 |
| 1911 | ... | ... | ... | 192 | 114 | 326 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 230 | ... | 891 | 57 |
| 1912 | 1 | ... | ... | 222 | 109 | 430 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 4 | 487 | ... | 1276 | 80 |
| 1913 | ... | ... | ... | 233 | 93 | 5°4 | ... | 18 | ... | ... | 11 | 3 | 3 | 368 | 146 | 1379 | 8.4 |
*Notifiable 5th August, 1907, to 4th August, 1908. Notifiable permanently 29th March, 1912.
† Notifiable permanently from 1st March, 1912.
‡ Poor Law Cases of this disease became notifiable on 1st January, 1909. Hospital Cases became notifiable on 1st May. 1911, and all cases
became notifiable on 1st January, 1912.
§ Became notifiable 1st February, 1913.