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Willesden 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Of the total number of 1,399 cases of tuberculosis notified
since January 1st, 15)09, as shown in Table No. 53, 720
remained under observation at the end of the year 1913.
The following Table, No. 57, shews the distribution of these
720 cases in the various Wards of the district:—

Table: Table No. 57.

Table No. 57.

Wards.Localization of Disease.Total.
Lungs.Bones or Joints.GlandsBrain or Meninges.AbdomenOther or Several Organs
1. South Kilburn8926...14102
2. Mid Kilburn627622685
3. North Kilburn2414.........29
4. Brondesburv Park2513......332
5. Kensal Rise6279...2383
6. Harlesden5443...3...64
7. Stonebridge*80‡95......599
8. Round wood6052.........67
9. Church End4965.........60
10. Willesden Green4323......553
11. Cricklewood3723......244
Unknown§ 2...............2
Total.58746402828720

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* 15 of these in Infirmary—no other address known.
‡3„„„„„„„„
§ 2 notified from Napsbury Asylum.
Administrative Action With Regard to Tuberculosis—Visitation.—On
receipt of the notification of a
case of tuberculosis, a health visitor visits the house. During
the year the health visitors paid 531 primary visits and
1,471 subsequent visits, making a total of \isits and revisits
of 2,002.