[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden] page 4

Willesden 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Cause of Death:	Males	Females	Tota
1. Tuberculosis (respiratory)	19	10	29
2. Tuberculosis (other)	—	4	4
3. Syphilitic disease	4	1	5
4. Diphtheria	—	1	1
5. Whooping cough	1	—	1
6. Meningococcal infections	1	1	2
7. Acute poliomyelitis	—		—
8. Measles	-	-	-
9. Other infective and parasytic diseases	2	1	3
10. Malignant neoplasm, stomach	29	21	50
11. Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus	57	18	75
12. Malignant neoplasm, breast	—	40	40
13. Malignant neoplasm, uterus	—	17	17
14. Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms	86	83	169
15. Leukemia, aleukemia	3	6	9
16. Diabetes	4	8	12
17. Vascular lesions of nervous system	92	118	210
18. Coronary disease, angina	155	94	249
19. Hypertension, with heart disease	21	33	54
20. Other heart disease	85	141	226
21. Other circulatory disease	47	47	94
22. Influenza	7	5	12
23. Pneumonia	41	48	89
24. Bronchitis	103	72	175
25. Other diseases of respiratory system	9	7	16
26. Ulcer of stomach and duodenum	20	8	28
27. Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhcea	3	6	9
28. Nephritis and nephrosis	11	12	23
29. Hyperplasia of prostate	12	—	12
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion	—	2	2
31. Congenital malformations	7	12	19
32. Other defined and ill defined diseases	73	85	158
33. Motor vehicle accidents	8	5	13
34. All other accidents	28	20	48
35. Suicide	7	2	9
36. Homicide and operations of war	—	—	—
Total	935	928	1,863

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Infant Mortality
Infant mortality in Willesden showed a welcome reduction compared with 1951, but there was an
increase in the stillbirth rate.

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Infant Deaths and Stillbirths. Willesden and England and Wales, 1936.52.

Year	Population	Births Willesden	Deaths under 1 year Willesden	Infant death rate Willesden	Infant death rate England and Wales	Stillbirths Willesden	Stillbirth rate Willesden	Stillbirth rate England and Wales
1936	190,000	2918	170	58.26	59	89	29.59	40
1937	188,030	3125	197	63.68	58	99	30.71	39
1938	187,600	3027	160	53.85	53	101	32.29	38
1939	188,000	3004	152	50.60	50	84	27.17	38
1940	152,030	2571	121	47.06	56	89	33.56	37
1941	127,230	2060	94	45.63	59	58	27.38	34
1942	138,600	2651	128	48.28	51	89	32.48	33
1943	144,430	2838	151	53.21	49	80	27.42	30
1944	139,510	2929	115	39.26	46	79	26.26	28
1945	161,954	2807	129	45.96	46	68	23.65	28
1946	170,550	3572	102	28.55	43	95	25.91	27
1947	175,900	3859	117	30.32	41	95	24.02	24
1948	179,900	3147	74	23.51	34	71	22.06	23
1949	181,120	2895	74	25.56	32	74	24.92	23
1950	181,700	2735	63	23.03	30	63	22.52	23
1951	179,647	2559	73	28.53	30	57	21.79	23
1952	180,400	2611	62	23.75	28	66	24.65	23