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Willesden 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Illegitimate Infant Deaths

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Cause of Death	Age at Death	Weight at Birth	Where Born	Age of Mother	No. in Family	Social Class
Gastro-enteritis	5 mths.	6lbs. 12ozs.	St. Mary's Hospital	27 years	1st	IV
Chronic volvulus of small intestine	6 mths.	7lbs.	Not known	Not known	1st	V
Prematurity	7 hours	1lb.	New End Hospital	Not known	1st	V
Gastro-eniteritis and renal infection	6 weeks	3 lbs. l0ozs.	Paddington Hospital	23 years	2nd	V
Prematurity; bilateral atelectasis	1 day	2lbs.	Home	18 years	1st	V
Prematurity	1 day	2lbs. l½ozs.	Central Middlesex Hospital	28 years	1st	V

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The health visitors and midwives have a close liaison with hospital maternity almoners, officers
of the County Council's Children's Department, Moral Welfare Department, the County Court and Voluntary
Welfare Organisations, for the care of the unmarried mother and her child. Advice was given on
ante-natal care, place of confinement, admission to special home, requirements for the baby, and procedure
for adoption, fostering or placement in a residential nursery.

Table: Tables. Infant Mortality 1. Infant Deaths and Stillbirths Willesden and England and Wales , 1936-53

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Tables. Infant Mortality 1. Infant Deaths and Stillbirths Willesden and England and Wales , 1936-53

Year	Population	Registered Births Willesden	Deaths under 1 year Willesden	Infant death rate Willesden	Infant death rate England and Wales	Registered 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	30
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
1953	178,500	2655	60	22.60	27	58	21.38	22

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Table: Illegitimate Infant Deaths

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Table: Tables. Infant Mortality 1. Infant Deaths and Stillbirths Willesden and England and Wales , 1936-53