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 1914.
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | ||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | 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. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 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-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 303 | 2 | 74 | 168 | 25 | 28 | 6 | .. | 34 | 27 | 18 | l6 | 28 | 40 | 28 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 258 |
Erysipelas | 121 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 41 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
Scarlet Fever | 765 | 3 | 147 | 504 | 66 | 41 | 4 | .. | 99 | 76 | 49 | 56 | 51 | 94 | 88 | 64 | 50 | 52 | 86 | 682 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 13 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 29 | 29 | .. | .. | • .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 326 | .. | 3 | 38 | 58 | 156 | 64 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 37 | .. |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 90 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 1 | .. | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | .. |
Totals | 1665 | 49 | 250 | 760 | 191 | 283 | 117 | 15 | 222 | 169 | 113 | 97 | 122 | 185 | 174 | 141 | 139 | 132 | 171 | 982 |
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The Willesden Isolation Hospital, Neasden, with 166 beds is provided by the Willesden District Council for patients suffering with infectious
diseases other than Small Pox.