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Willesden 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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HEALTH EDUCATION Table 13 Talks
| No. visited | Total No. of talks | Subjects | Total attendances | No. of attendances | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 20 | 289 | 28 | 850 | 25—90 |
| Factories | 41 | 110 | 18 | 6,900 | 40—1,000 |
| Religious, social and political organisations | 30 | 35 | 18 | 1,330 | 10—230 |
Table 14 Mothercraft
| No. of clinics | Total No. of classes | Visits by health visitors |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 117 | 6,863 |
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Table 15
Infectious diseases—cases notified
| 1955 | 1956 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Confirmed | Deaths | Notified | Confirmed | Deaths | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 140 | 104 | — | 314 | 223 | — |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 11 | — | 25 | 25 | — |
| Encephalitis, acute | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 39 | 24 | — | 36 | 15 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 2,040 | 2,026 | — | 1,184 | 1,180 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — |
| Paratyphoid fever | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 124 | 116 | 92 | 110 | 107 | 79 |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 176 | 136 | — | 21 | 14 | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 147 | 147 | — | 133 | 133 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 135 | 126 | — | 115 | 108 | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | 177 | 171 | — | 226 | 226 | — |
Table 16
Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales
| Year | Population | Child population (estimated) | Cases confirmed | Deaths | Case rate per 1,000 population | Death rate per 1,000 population | Children vaccinated in Willesden | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 years | 5-15 years | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | |||
| 1948 | 179,900 | 15,544 | 20,663 | 423 | 146,410 | 2 | 748 | 2.35 | 3.42 | .01 | .02 | — |
| 1949 | 181,120 | 15,270 | 21,430 | 205 | 102,816 | — | 527 | 1.13 | 2.39 | Nil | .01 | 1,615 |
| 1950 | 181,700 | 14,930 | 22,410 | 648 | 157,781 | 2 | 394 | 3.57 | 3.60 | .01 | .01 | 822 |
| 1951 | 179,647 | 13,847 | 22,995 | 543 | 169,441 | — | 456 | 3.02 | 3.87 | Nil | .01 | 1,163 |
| 1952 | 180,400 | 13,846 | 24,000 | 328 | 114,869 | 1 | 184 | 1.82 | 2.61 | .00 | .00 | 946 |
| 1953 | 178,500 | 13,455 | 24,000 | 450 | 157,842 | — | 243 | 2.52 | 3.58 | Nil | .01 | 1,333 |
| 1954 | 177,300 | 13,110 | 23,857 | 295 | 105,901 | 1 | 130 | 1.66 | 2.39 | .006 | .002 | 1,198 |
| 1955 | 176,000 | 12,948 | 23,857 | 171 | 79,092 | — | 88 | .97 | 1.80 | Nil | .00 | 1,020 |
| 1956 | 174,900 | 13,001 | 22,044 | 226 | 92,396 | — | 95 | 1.21 | 2.06 | Nil | .002 | 1,814 |