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Willesden 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1956
| Children under 5 years | School children (5 years) | School leavers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested | Positive | % Positive | Tested | Positive | % Positive | Tested | Positive | % Positive | |
| 1953 | 1,416 | 56 | 4.0 | 1,018 | 384 | 38.0 | 1,804 | 885 | 49.1 |
| 1954 | 1,526 | 43 | 2.8 | 938 | 169 | 18.0 | 1,868 | 1,116 | 59.7 |
| 1955 | 1,308 | 13 | 1.0 | 1,537 | 32 | 2.1 | 2,041 | 387 | 19.0 |
| 1956 | 1,333 | 14 | 1.0 | 1,473 | 56 | 4.0 | 1,759 | 391 | 22.2 |
Table 24
Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1956
| No. tested and found negative | No. vaccinated | |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 587 *(32.5) | 456 †(77.7) |
| 1954 | 447 (23.9) | 391 (87.5) |
| 1955 | 1,535 (75.2) | 1,279 (83.3) |
| 1956 | 1,356 (77) | 1,218 (90) |
*Percentage of total tested,
†Percentage of negatives vaccinated.
Table 25
Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths
| 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1951-56 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 46 | 29 | 25 | 37 | 27 | 25 | 189 |
| Percentage not notified | 20 | 21 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 21 |
| Percentage notified before death: | |||||||
| 0—12 months | 15 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
| 1—5 years | 39 | 31 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 26 |
| Over 5 years | 26 | 27 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 38 |
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA Table 26
Census 1951. Private household arrangements (Percentages in brackets)
| Area | No. of households | Water closet | Fixed bath | Cooking stove | Kitchen sink | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharing | Without | Sharing | Without | Sharing | Without | Sharing | Without | ||
| Middlesex | 703,315 | 125,962 (18) | 2,361 | 131,356 (35) | 113,625 | 43,192 (7) | 7,139 | 53,909 (11) | 20,371 |
| Willesden | 57,182 | 13,621 (24) | 120 | 16,442 (58) | 16,592 | 3,520 (8) | 1,005 | 4,495 (12) | 2,130 |
| Greater London | *2,658,477 | 640,036 (24) | 8,000 | 437,809 (46) | 776,023 | 154,936 (8) | 48,696 | 235,435 (13) | 101,480 |
| England and Wales | *13,116,522 | 1,754,635 1 (21) | 037,211 | 1,003,236 (45) | 4,850,364 | 706,841 (7) | 294,354 | 842,177 (12) | 836,453 |
| *Private households enumerated on houseboats are omitted from this Table. | |||||||||