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 1915.
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) | 231 | 1 | 78 | 128 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 213 |
Erysipelas | 81 | .. | 2 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
Scarlet Fever | 453 | 4 | 102 | 283 | 42 | 21 | 1 | .. | 39 | 38 | 36 | 19 | 65 | 62 | 51 | 33 | 26 | 49 | 35 | 406 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 9 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 29 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 25 | ||
Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 27 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 335 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 79 | 159 | 41 | 10 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 33 | 27 | 45 | 25 | 34 | .. |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 83 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .. | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | .. |
Totals | 1255 | 41 | 228 | 488 | 160 | 245 | 72 | 21 | 149 | 123 | 99 | 52 | 116 | 140 | 131 | 120 | 111 | 114 | 100 | 672 |
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.
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring amongst soldiers or sailors are not included in this table.
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