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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 23.
| 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. | ** ophthalmia Neonatorum. | ‡Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | other forms of §Tuberculosis. | Totals. | Rate per 1,ooo of population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
| 1892 | 5 | 1 | ... | 145 | 85 | 366 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 634 | 9.4 |
| 1893 | 23 | 1 | ... | 229 | 139 | 589 | 1 | 47 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l035 | 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 | 9.6 |
| 1903 | 7 | ... | ... | 221 | 76 | 502 | ... | 45 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 862 | 6.7 |
| 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 | 5.7 |
| 1912 | 1 | ... | ... | 222 | 109 | 430 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 4 | ... | 487 | ... | 1276 | 8.0 |
| 1913 | ... | ... | ... | 233 | 93 | 504 | ... | 18 | ... | ... | 11 | 3 | 3 | ... | 368 | 146 | 1379 | 8.4 |
| 1914 | ... | ... | ... | 303 | 121 | 765 | ... | 13 | ... | ... | 12 | 6 | 29 | 326 | 90 | 1665 | 10.0 | |
| 1915 | ... | ... | 231 | 81 | 453 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 4 | 29 | 3 | 27 | 335 | 83 | 1255 | 7.5 |
*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, 19o9. Hospital Cases became notifiable on 1st May, 1911, and all cases
became notifiable on 1st January, 1912.
§Became notifiable 1st February, 1913.
** Became notifiable 1st April, 1914.