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Willesden 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Infant Mortality and Still-birth Rates by Wards.
| Ward | No. of persons per Acre, 1948 | Combined rate, 1936-39 | Combined rate, 1940-45 | Reduction 1940-45 compared with 1936-39 (percentages in brackets) | Combined rate, 1946-50 | Reduction 1946-50 compared with 1940-45 (percentages in brackets) | Reduction 1946-50 compared with 1936-39 (percentages in brackets) | Still-birth rate, 1946-50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 160 | 7611 | 58.82 | 17.29 | 26.27 | 32.55 | 49.84 | 24.07 |
| (23.50) | (55.92) | (65.48) | ||||||
| Harlesden | 92 | 75.88 | 54.36 | 21.52 | 37.11 | 17.25 | 38.77 | 30.11 |
| (28.36) | (31.73) | (51.09) | ||||||
| Willesden Green | 94 | 69.39 | 49.92 | 19.47 | 27.64 | 22.28 | 41.75 | 32.38 |
| (28.05) | (44.63) | (60.16) | ||||||
| Round wood | 101 | 66.29 | 69.60 | +3.31 | 32.90 | 36.70 | 33.39 | 21.45 |
| (+4.99) | (52.72) | (50.36) | ||||||
| Kilburn | 111 | 64.89 | 47.93 | 15.96 | 31.41 | 16.52 | 33.48 | 29.71 |
| (23.05) | (34.46) | (51.59) | ||||||
| Stone bridge | 92 | 62.62 | 55.60 | 7.02 | 34.72 | 20.88 | 27.90 | 24.69 |
| (11.21) | (37.55) | (44.55) | ||||||
| Manor | 74 | 56.31 | 38.68 | 17.63 | 30.33 | 8.35 | 25.98 | 20.22 |
| (31.30) | (21.58) | (46.13) | ||||||
| Church End | 71 | 47.51 | 41.10 | 6.41 | 28.24 | 12.86 | 19.27 | 27.48 |
| (13.49) | (31.28) | (40.56) | ||||||
| Neasden | 51 | 46.24 | 47.76 | +1.52 | 14.03 | 33.73 | 32.21 | 17.54 |
| (+3.28) | (70.62) | (69.65) | ||||||
| Cricklewood | 55 | 41.71 | 48.26 | +6.55 | 21.63 | 26.63 | 20.08 | 21.63 |
| (+15.70) | (55.18) | (48.14) | ||||||
| Kensal Rise | 104 | 40.90 | 45.13 | 44.23 | 19.21 | 25.92 | 21.69 | 18.14 |
| (+10.34) | (57.43) | (53.03) | ||||||
| Mapesbury | 54 | 39.25 | 52.80 | +13.55 | 18.31 | 34.49 | 20.94 | 21.44 |
| (+34.52) | (65.32) | (53.35) | ||||||
| Brondesbury Park | 39 | 35.22 | 31.16 | 4.06 | 26.41 | 4.75 | 8.81 | 26.41 |
| (11.53) | (15.24) | (25.01) | ||||||
| Whole Borough | 78 | 58.27 | 51.35 | 6.92 | 27.14 | 24.21 | 31.13 | 24.57 |
| (11.87) | (47.14) | (53.42) |
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Public Health Laboratory Service.
The work in connection with the examination of specimens is carried out by the Public Health Laboratory
Service at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, N.W.9, and at their branch laboratory
at the Neasden Hospital, Brent field Road, N.W.10.
Specimens, swabs from sore throats, faeces from suspected intestinal infections, and cough plates and
post-nasal swabs from suspected whooping cough cases, etc., are delivered by private practitioners to the
branch laboratory at the Neasden Hospital or to the Health Department, 54, Winchester Avenue, N.W.6, or
the Willesden Health Centre, 381, High Road, Willesden, N.W.10, for collection and transfer to the Central
Public Health Laboratory. A presumptive report is telephoned to the practitioner on the morning after receipt
of the specimen, and is followed by a written report.
Samples of milk taken by the Sanitary Inspectors from dealers in the district are also forwarded to the laboratory for examination. During the year 1950, the following work was carried out at the laboratory :
| Throat/Nose Swabs : Diphtheria bacilli | - |
| Hæmolytic Streptococci | 239 |
| Vincent's angina | 7 |
| Negative | 642 |
| Total | 885 |
| Faeces: Shigella | 23 |
| Salmonella | 20 |
| Protozoa | — |
| Negative | 259 |
| Total | 303 |
| Sputum : T.B. Smear | 370 |
| Other organisms | — |
| Negative | 1399 |
| Total | 1769 |