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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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T able N o. III a.
CAUSES OF DEATH CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
| Causes of Death. | Willesden U. D. | South Kilburn. | Mid-Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Brondesbury Pk. | Kensal Rise. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Round wood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | | Crkklewood. | |
| (I) | (3) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | Co) | (10) | (11) | (12) | ||||
| Alt causes | Certified | 1815 | 214 | 207 | 141 | 107 | 136 | l66 | 227 | ||||
| Uncertified .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Measles | 48 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | i | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | I | ||||||||
| Influenza | 27 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ! | 2 | I | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 167 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 10 | *5 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 15 | |
| 1 uberculous Meningitis .. | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 24 | 3 | 2 | 2 | s | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Cancer, malignant disease | 160 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | IS | 13 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever .. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Meningitis | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 208 | 27 | 2 5 | is | IS | 12 | 21 | 2 S | 13 | 22 | |||
| Bronchitis | 122 | TR | 11 | 12 | 8 | ||||||||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs. | 3i | 2 | 3 | 2 | S | ||||||||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 55 | 6 | 2 | 3 | S | IS | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | i | ||||||||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
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| Puerperal Fever | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 112 | 10 | IS | 8 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 6 | |||||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 54 | s | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Suicide | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other Defined Diseases | 453 | 4; | 46 | 49 | 32 | 34 | 44 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 40 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown.. | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 1818 | 214 | 207 | 141 | 107 | 136 | 166 | 229 | 154 | 154 | 167 | '43 | |
| Sub-Entries, included in above figures | Cerebro-spinal Meningiti- | 2 | 1 | I | |||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | |||||||||||||
| Pneumonia other than Broncho-Pneumonia .. | 79 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | |