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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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TABLE IVA.—INFANT MORTALITY.
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| Causes of Death. | WARDS. | Total for District. | |||||||||||
| South Kilburn. | Mid Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Brondesbury Park. | Kensal Rise. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Roundwood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | Cricklewood. | |||
| <>) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (.2) | (X3) | |
| All Causes | Certified | 3* | 30 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 54 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 307 | |
| Uncertified .. | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| /Small Pox ..... | |||||||||||||
| Chicken Pox | |||||||||||||
| ] Measles .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | <5 | |||||||||
| 1 Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| V Diphtheria and Croup .. | |||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | X | |||||||||||
| /Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | i | |||||||||||
| J Abdominal Tuberculosis | 1 | X | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 Other Tuberculous V Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 4 | ||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | IO | |||||
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | j | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) .. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| J Diarrhoea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| t Enteritis...... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | ||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | x | 1 | 2 | 1 | x | 9 | ||||||
| Rickets...... | |||||||||||||
| Suffocation overlying .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Injury at birth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | 1 | i | 5 | ||||||||
| ( Congenital Malformations | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | *4 | |||||||
| J Premature Birth .. | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 58 | |
| I Atrophy, Debility and V Marasmus | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4° | ||
| Other Causes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||
| Totals | 3i | 30 | 19 | 27 | 56 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 309 | |||
| Deaths— | Legitimate | 25 | -7 | 16 | »3 | 17 | 26 | 48 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 270 |
| Illegitimate | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 39 | |
| Births—1 | legitimate | 253 | 242 | 159 | >37 | 222 | 297 | 343 | 268 | 252 | 291 | 240 | 2704 |
| llegitimate | *3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 112 | ||
| Total Births .. | 266 | 253 | 163 | 138 | 227 | 306 | 364 | 294 | 257 | 300 | 248 | 2816 | |
| Infant Mortality Rate— | |||||||||||||
| Legitimate | 98*81 | 111 '57 | 100*62 | 04*89 | 76'57 | 87'54 | 139*94 | 104*47 | 103*17 | 82*47 | 83*33 | 99*85 | |
| Illegitimate | 461*53 | 272*72 | 250*00 | 100000 | 400*00 | iii'ii | 380*95 | 307*69 | 400*00 | 444*44 | 375'00 | 348*21 | |
| Infant Mortality Pate .. | 11654 | "8*57 | 104*29 | 101 "44 | 83*70 | 88*23 | 153*84 | 122*44 | 108*94 | 93'33 | 92*74 | *°9'73 | |
| Population | '4949 | *49*3 | 12663 | 9999 | 14347 | 17603 | I7Q38 | 15837 | 14302 | 17047 | 19746 | 109344 | |