Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Registered Live Births: | Male | Female | Total | Willesden Borough Council |
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Cause of Death: | Males | Females | Total |
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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 |
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Ward | Number of Deaths | 1952-4 Total | Rate 1952-4 | |||
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1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
Social Class Group | 1954 Nos. | 1951 England & Wales 1% sample (rates) |
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1936-1939 | 1940-1945 | 1946-1950 | 1954 (1953 in brackets) | |||||||
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Deaths | Rate | |||||||||
Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Neonatal | 1-12 mths. | Total |
Neo-natal | 1-12 months | Total under 1 yr. |
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Schools (pasteurised) | Dealers' premises | Total | |||
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Pasteurised | T.T. pasteurised | Sterilised |
New Cases treated | Attendances | ||||||
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Scabies | Lice & Nits | Total | Scabies | Lice & Nits | Total |
Cases notified (confirmed in brackets) | ||||||||||
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1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
Year | Population | Child population (estimated) | Number of cases confirmed | No. of deaths | Case rate per 1,000 population | Death rate per 1,000 population | No of children vaccinatein Willesder | |||||
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0—4 | 5—15 | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales |
Disease | Cases notified (number confirmed in brackets) |
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Year | Population | New cases (Rates per 1,000 pop. in brackets) | Deaths (Rates per 1,000 pop. in brackets) | Cases on Register | ||||||
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Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms |
Age groups | New cases | Deaths | ||||||
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Respiratory | Non-respiratory | Respiratory | Non-respiratory |
Ward | Pulmonary Cases | Non-Pulmonary Cases | Pulmonary Rate | Combined Rate | All Forms | |
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Deaths | Rate |
Ward | Pulmonary Cases | Non-Pulmonary Cases | Pulmonary Rate | Combined Rate | All Forms | |
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Deaths | Rate |
No. tested | Positive | Percentage |
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1953 | 1954 |
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1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1949-54 |
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Source | No. | Cases of active or presumed active tuberculosis | Rate per 1,000 |
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Swimming Bath | Samples taken | Satisfactory |
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Houses Inspected | Re-inspections | Total Inspections |
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Defects |
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Notices Served | Results of action taken |
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Houses | Flats | Rebuilds |
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1954 | 1953 |
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1954 | 1953 | |||
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No. Inspected | Inspections made | No. Inspected | Inspections made |
Other Inspections | 1954 | 1953 | ||
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No. Inspected | Inspections made | No. Inspected | Inspections made |
Power Station | Acton Lane | Taylors Lane | Neasden | Control |
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Site | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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Week ended | 1952/53 | Corresponding period 1951/52 | ||
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Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden |
Age groups | 1952/53 | 1951/52 | ||||||||||||||||
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Pneumonia | Bronchitis | Other respiratory diseases | Pneumonia | Bronchitis | Other respiratory diseases | |||||||||||||
Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden |
Age groups | Pneumonia | Bronchitis | Other respiratorv diseases | |||
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Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden | Dorset | Willesden |
Premises on register 31.12.53 | No. of applications received | No. of applications granted | No. of applications refused | No. of premises removed from registration during 1954 | Total on register at 31.12.54 | Inspections made |
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1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | Totals |
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Trade | No. in Borough | Applications received | Certificates issued | Deferred or refused |
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Article. | No. of samples | Unsatisfactory |
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During 1954 | Outstanding from 1953 | Remedied during 1954 | Outstanding at 31.12.54 |
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On register 1.1.54 | New cases | Died | Admitted to hospital | Left district | Recovered | On register 31.12.54 |
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1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 |
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On register 1.1.1954 | Registration approved | Removed from register | Totals at 31.12.1954 |
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Clinic | No of sessions | No. of new cases | Total attendances | Average attendance per session | ||
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A.N. | P.N. | A.N. | P.N. |
1953 | 1954 |
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Clinic | No. of sessions | No. of new cases | Total attendances | Average attendance per session |
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Clinic | No. of sessions | No. of 1st attendances under one year old (Percentages of total births in brackets) | No. of attendances | Total attendances | Seen by doctor | Average attedance per session | ||
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Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—5 |
No. of sessions held | No. of new cases | Total attendances | Average attendance per session |
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Domiciliary mid-wives employed directly by local health authority | Domiciliary mid-wives employed under Sec. 23 by voluntary organisations as agents of local health authority | Total |
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Midwives employed by: | Number of domiciliary deliveries attended and visits made by midwives in the area | Institutional confinements discharged before 14th day attended by domiciliary midwives | Domiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 14th day | |||||
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Dr. not booked | Dr. booked | No. of visits made | ||||||
Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | |||||
No. of cases | No. of visits |
1954 | 1953 |
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For Mother | For Child |
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Year | Expectant Mothers | Children under 1 | Children 1—2 | Children 2—5 | General | Ineffectual visits | |||
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1st visits | Total visits | 1st visits | Total visits | Total visits | Total visits | Total visits as health visitor | Total visits as school nurse |
Number referred | Type of case | ||||||
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Care of children | Elderly persons | General advice | Housing | Home help | Welfare foods | Others |
Nurses | As at 1.7.54 | As at 31.12.54 |
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No. of New Cases | Total No of home visits paid | No. of cases on register at end of year | |||
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Male | Female | Male | Female |
Under 1 year | 1 year | 2-4 years | 5-14 years | 15 years and over | Total |
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Age at 31.12.54 | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | Totals |
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Cases receiving help at 1.1.54 | No. of new cases helped during year | No. of cases receiving help at 31.12.54 |
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Position at 1.1.54 | Appointments during 1954 | Resignations during 1954 | Position at 31.12.54 |
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Day Nursery | No. of approved places | No. of children on register at 31.12.54 | Attendances for the year | Average daily attendances | ||||
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0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 year. |
Nursery | Unsupported | Housing | Medical | Total | Total on register | Priorities as percentage of total |
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Assessment | February, 1933 | May, 1954 |
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Nursery | Measles | Scarlet fever | Chicken pox | Whooping cough | Gastroenteritis | Poliomyelitis | Mumps | Impetigo | German measles |
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Total tested by gramophone or Sweep Test Pure Tone Audiometer | Passed Test | Failed to pass test both ears |
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Medical Inspections | ||||||||
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Periodic Medical Inspections | Other Inspections | |||||||
Entrants | Second age group | Third age group | Others | Totals | Special inspections | Re-Inspections | Totals |
Age Groups | No of pupils inspected | A (Good) | B (Fair) | C (Poor) | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Defect or Disease | Periodic Inspections | Special inspections | |
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No. of Defects | No. of defects | ||
Requiring treatment | Requiring observation | Requiring treatment |
Group | For defective vision (excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions recorded | Total individual pupils |
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1954 | 1953 |
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No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
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1954 | 1953 |
No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
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1954 | 1953 |
No. of cases dealt with during the year | ||
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1954 | 1953 |
Ascertainment | Distribution (as at last day of year) | |||||||||||||||||
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Category | No. of ascertained cases known 1st day of year | No. of new cases ascertained during year | No. of ascertained cases known last day of year | In special day schools | In special residential schools | In maintained primary and secondary schools | In independent schools | Not at school | Total | |||||||||
B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. | B | G. |
Clinic or school | No. of cases dealt with during the year |
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1954 | 1953 |
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1954 | 1953 |
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1954 | 1953 |
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1954 | 1953 |
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Waiting list at October, 1954 | Nos. seen | New cases referred | Waiting list 31.12.54 |
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Rheumatism | Not rheumatism | Total |
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Age Groups | No. inspected | No. found to require treatment | No. referred for treatment at the County Council's dental clinics |
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1954 | 1953 |
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Expectant Mothers | Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | ||||
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1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 |
County District in which Children reside | No. of new recommendations received during the year | No. of children admitted during the year | No. of children on waiting list at 31.12.54 |
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Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Boys | Girls | |||||
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0—5 | School | Total | 0-5 | School | Total |
Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Boys | Girls |
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