[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden] page 23

Willesden 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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I nfant M ortality T able 2

I nfant M ortality and S tillbirths: W illesden and E ngland and W ales

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
1938	187,600	3,027	160	53.9	53	101	32.3	38
1946	170,550	3,572	102	28.6	43	95	25.9	27
1952	180,400	2,611	62	23.8	28	66	24.7	23
1953	178,-500	2,655	60	22.6	27	58	21.4	22
1954	177,300	2,599	50	19.2	25	44	16.7	24
1955	176,000	2,619	53	20.2	25	61	22.8	23
1956	174,900	2,681	61	22.7	24	58	21.2	23

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Perinatal mortality 1955 37.4
1956 35.4

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Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Ward		Number of deaths			Total 1954-56	Rate 1954-56
Ward		1954	1955	1956	Total 1954-56	Rate 1954-56
1.	Carlton	13	2	5	20	23.4
2.	Kilburn	4	9	9	22	33.0
3.	Brondesbury Park	4	3	4	11	19.6
4.	Kensal Rise	1	5	8	14	36.5
5.	Manor	1	2	2	5	10.3
6.	Harlesden	2	3	5	10	15.9
7.	Stonebridge	6	5	3	14	24.3
8.	Roundwood	4	7	7	18	26.8
9.	Church End	2	2	2	6	11.7
10.	Willesden Green	2	6	6	14	23.5
11.	Mapesbury	4	3	4	11	14.5
12.	Gladstone	4	1	2	7	16.3
13.	Cricklewood	1	3	3	7	16.8
14.	Brentwater	2	2	1	5	14.0
		50	53	61	164	20.8

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Table 4

Infant Mortality:—by Social Class

Social Class Group	Neo-natal	1-12 months	Total
I	1	1	2
II	4	—	4
III	21	5	26
IV	5	1	6
V	15	6	21
Unclassified	2	—	2

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Table 5

Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1951-1955		1956 (1955 in brackets)
	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1951-1955		Deaths						Rate
	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Neonatal		1-12 months		Total		Rate
Respiratory	106	8.1	140	8.8	68	4.2	53	4.1	3	(3)	5	(10)	8	(13)	3.0	(4.9)
Diarrhoea and enteritis	131	10.0	108	6.8	37	2.3	12	1.0	1	(—)	-	(—)	1	(—)	0.4	(—)
Other infections	34	2.6	40	2.5	15	0.9	12	1.0	-	(—)	1	(—)	1	(—)	0.4	(—)
Congenital malformations	83	6.3	89	5.6	72	4.4	53	4.1	9	(6)	5	(1)	14	(7)	5.2	(2.7)
Prematurity	170	13.0	179	11.3	99	6.1	110	8.4	12	(20)	-	(—)	12	(20)	4.4	(7.6)
Injury at birth	21	1.6	33	2.1	43	2.7	27	2.0	3	(3)	-	(—)	3	(3)	1.1	(1.1)
Other causes	134	10.3	149	9.4	96	5.9	31	2.2	20	(7)	2	(3)	22	(10)	8.2	(3.9)
All causes	679	51.9	738	46.5	430	26.5	298	22.8	48	(39)	13	(14)	61	(53)	22.7	(20.2)