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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The following Table, No. 54, shows the age distribution
of deaths from Cancer in Willesden since 1907:—
T able N o. 54.
Year. | 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and up. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1907 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 108 |
1908 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 20 | 16 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 112 |
1909 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 120 |
1910 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 12 | 34 | 44 | 39 | 20 | ... | 154 |
1911 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 115 |
1912 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 45 | 20 | 2 | 154 |
1913 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 159 |
1914 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 42 | 43 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 155 |
The foregoing Tables, Nos. 53 and 54, show that the
main increase in deaths from Cancer in Willesden has
occurred over the age of 65, there being 55 deaths from
this cause reported for this age period in 1914, as against
a similar figure of 19 for the year 1900.
The following Table, No. 55, shows the Cancer Deaths
and Death Rates per 1,000 of the population in Wards in
Willesden since 1910:—
Table No . 55.
Wards. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913- | 1914. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 | Total No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 | Total No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 | Total No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 | Total No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000 | |
South Kilburn | 22 | 1.47 | 9 | .64 | 11 | 78 | 20 | 1.41 | 17 | 1.15 |
Mid. Kilburn | 16 | 1.11 | 15 | 1.04 | 19 | 1.28 | 19 | 1.30 | 22 | 1.50 |
North Kilburn | 12 | .99 | 7 | .58 | 13 | 1.07 | 9 | 0.72 | 17 | 1.34 |
Brondesbury Park | 14 | 1.45 | 8 | .85 | 14 | 1.46 | 13 | 1.34 | 15 | 1.52 |
Kensal Rise | 8 | .57 | 9 | .65 | 6 | 0.43 | 16 | 1.14 | 14 | 0.98 |
Harlesden | 13 | .89 | 11 | .71 | 6 | 0.37 | 20 | 1.20 | 11 | 0.64 |
Stonebridge | 12 | .83 | *12 | .65 | 16 | 0.96 | 12 | 0.68 | 9 | 0.50 |
Round wood | 20 | 1.39 | 10 | .66 | 19 | 1.25 | 16 | 1.02 | 11 | 0.70 |
Church End | 14 | 1.07 | 5 | .37 | 13 | .93 | 6 | 0.42 | 12 | 0.54 |
Willesden Green | 13 | 0.87 | 11 | .71 | 13 | .83 | 13 | 0.79 | 7 | 0.41 |
Cricklewood | 10 | 0.57 | 18 | 1.04 | 24 | 1.31 | 15 | 0.79 | 20 | 1.03 |
Willesden U.D. | 154 | 1.00 | 115 | 0.73 | 154 | 0.96 | 159 | 0.97 | 155 | 0.93 |
* Includes one with address " Infirmary" only. |