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Willesden 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1949
Pages
32
Tables
31

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31 tables in this report

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    VITAL STATISTICS
    Live Births:TotalMaleFemaleWillesden Borough Council
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    Cause of Death:MalesFemalesTotal
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    INFANT MORTALITY RATE Deaths of Infants in Willesden , 1936 - 48 :
    YearNo. of BirthsDied under One WeekDeath-RateDied under Four WeeksNeo-natal Death-RateDied under One YearInfant Death-Rate
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    (b) Still-Births Number of still-births registered in Willesden, 1936-48:
    YearNo. of BirthsNo. of Still-BirthsStill-Birth Rate
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    (c) Infant Mortality Rate The infant mortality rate as a whole has shown a marked decline since 1944. An analysis of the infant mortality rates figures in the individual wards comparing the three-year period 1936-38 with 1946-48 shows the decline has not been uniform:
    WardInfant Mortality Rate, 1936-38Infant Mortality Rate, 1946-48Reduction 1946-48, as compared with 1936-38
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    Number of Cases attended by Midwives practising and living in Willesden during 1948
    Number of Cases AttendedEmergency CallsCancelled Cases
    As MidwifeAs Maternity Nurse
  • Page 11
    Infectious Diseases: The following table gives the number of children in the nurseries who suffered from infectious diseases during the year:
    German MeaslesMeaslesWhooping CoughMumpsChicken PoxScarlet FeverInfantile Paralysis
  • Page 12
    Number of Home Helps:
    PeriodWhole-timePart-timeApprox. equivalent to Whole-time
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    Review of Applications:
    PeriodNumber of Applications receivedNumber actually helpedNot helped— insufficient Home Helps availableNot helped for various reasons
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    Summary of Cases Helped:
    PeriodMaternityTuberculosisBlindOthersTotal
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    Number of Home Nurses employed at December 31 st , 1948 :
    Whole-timePart-time
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    Summary of Cases:
    MaternityMiscarriages0-5 YearsTuberculosisGeneralTotal
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    Medical and Dental Trentment—Attendances at Municipal Health Centres, 1948:
    Mothers and Children under 5School-childrenGrand Total (Cols. 7 and 8)
    Expectant MothersNursing MothersChildren under 5Total (Cols. 2 -5)
    0-11-5Total (Cols. 4 and 5)
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
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    Kilburn Health CentreWillesden Health CentreStonebridge Health CentrePrincess Road Welfare CentreGrand Total
    Mothers and Children under 5School-childrenTotalMothers and Children under 5School-childrenTotalMothers and Children under 5School-childrenTotalMothers and Children under 5School-childrenTotal
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)
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    Analysis:
    Health CentreMaternity and Child WelfareSchool-childrenTotalNumber of SessionsAverage Attendance
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    Refractions:
    Health CentreWithout MydriaticWith MydriaticPercentage Attendance
    Appointments madeAppointments kept
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    Treatment of Scabies and Lice at the Willesden Isolation Hospital Treatment Centre:
    No. of New Cases treatedTotal No. of Attendances
    For ScabiesFor Lice and NitsTotalFor ScabiesFor Lice and NitsTotal
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    Summary of Cases dealt with:
    No. of Children TreatedNo. of Children CuredNo. of Children on Waiting List at Dec. 31st, 1948
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    Summary of Cases:
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    The removal of tonsils and adenoids did not seem to have any significance in this series:
    Operated onNormalEnlargedSeptic
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    Infectious Diseases:
    No. of Cases NotifiedNo. of Notified Cases Confirmed
    1947194819471948
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    DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION: Since 1942 the number of children who have completed a full course of immunisation under the Council's scheme is as follows:
    Children under 5 yearsChildren 5 years of age and over, but under 15 yearsTotal
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    OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1948:
    DiseaseNo. Notified
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    Table No. 1
    WardT.B. Rate 1936-38No. of Cases 1936-38T.B. Rate 1946-48No. of Cases 1946-48Increase 1946-48, as compared with 1936-38Average Yearly Reduction in Population 1946-48, as compared with 1936-38Reduction in Population 1948, as compared with 1938No. of Families overcrowded— Ministry of Health Standards, 1936No. of Persons per Room-May, 1948— Borough Engineer's EstimateNo. of Persons per Acre
  • Page 22
    Table No. 2
    WardT.B. Cases 1936-38T.B. Cases 1946-48Increase in 1946-48, as compared with 1936-38Average Reduction in Population over 3 YearsReduction in Population 1948, as compared with 1938No. of Families Overcrowded— Ministry of Health Standard, 1936No. of Persons per Room, 1948 —Borough Engineer's EstimateI.M.R., 1936I.M.R., 1946-48Reduction
  • Page 23
    Table No. 3
    WardNo. of Houses Destroyed by BombingFlats built 1936-48. Houses in bracketsNo. of Families in Requisitioned HousesPrefabricated HousesNo. of Persons per Acre
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    The following table compares the admissions during the past 29 years with the present period:
    Total AdmissionsAverage Admissions per annumTotal DeathsAverage Number of Deaths per annum
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    OTHER DISEASES
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    DiseaseNumber in Hospital on December 31st, 1947Admitted from January 1st, 1948, to July 4th, 1948Total under TreatmentDiedMortality per cent
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    Dental Inspection and Treatment:
    (1) No. of Children in age groups who were inspected at the Schools and treated at the Centres by the Dental Officers:
    AgedSchoolchildrenSpecial Schools' ChildrenNursery Schools' Children
    InspectedReferredTreatedInspectedReferredTreatedInspectedReferredTreated
  • Page 32
    Maternity and Child Welfare Statistical Table for 1948:
    TotalE.M.N.M.0-5