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Willesden 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 and 1915. Table No. 31.

NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 and 1915. Table No. 31.

Notified births attended by doctors1405
Notified births attended by midwives1146
Total 2551
Number of still births notified59
Net number of births registered2816

Table: Table. No. 32.Table shewing the number of visits, re visits, and still-birth enquiries under the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, and otherwise since 1912.

Table. No. 32.

Table shewing the number of visits, re visits, and still-birth enquiries under the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, and otherwise since 1912.

Year.No. of first visits to children under 1 year of age.No. of revisits to children under 1 year of age.No. of visits and revisits to children between 1 and 5 years of age.No. of still-birth inquiries.
1912...180......
1913...976......
1914...1,052......
19152,464920......
19162,5902,492......
19172,2186,8351,39933

Table: INFANT DEATH INQUIRIES.—Table No. 33.

INFANT DEATH INQUIRIES.—Table No. 33.

Year.No. of Deaths of Infants under 1 year.No. of Infant Death Inquiries.
1913325300
1914337231
1915344266
1916283189
1917309230

Table: MARRIAGES.—Table No. 34.

MARRIAGES.—Table No. 34.

Total number of marriages in Willesden1237
Marriage Rate in Willesden per 1,000 of population146
Marriage Rate in England and Wales per 1,000 of population138