[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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The capacity of each bath and the time taken for the whole of the water to pass through the filters and treatment plant is as follows:—

	Capacity (gallons)	Time taken for water to pass through filters, etc. (hours)

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429 samples were taken, 10 of which were unsatisfactory (See Public Health Laboratory Service, page

Swimming bath	Samples taken	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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The Orders now in operation are as follows:

Area No.	Date of operation	Acreage	No. of dwellings	No. of other premises

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No. of Old People Using the Laundry Service

On register 1.1.62	New cases	Died	Admitted to hospital	Recommenced after discharge from hospital	Discontinued	On register 31.12.62

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Inquests held on Willesden Residents

At	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962

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There has been a slight decrease in the number of new cases referred during the year, but an increase in the number of visits made (Table 53). The total number of cases nursed during the year was 2,742.

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Table 1 DEATHS

Causes:		Males	Females	Total

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Infant Mortality Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales

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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Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Ward	Number of deaths			Total 1960-62	Rate 1960-62
Ward	1960	1961	1962	Total 1960-62	Rate 1960-62

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Table 4 Deaths by Social Class

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Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1956-1960		1962
	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1956-1960		Deaths			Rate
	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Neonatal	1-12 months	Total	Rate

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Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)

Year	Births in home	Births in hospital	Home births transferred to hospital	Total

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Table 7 Premature births by wards

Ward	Premature births notified Percentage of live births in brackets

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Table 8 Infant Mortality : Congenital Malformations

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Table 9 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations —186

	Schools (pasteurised)	Dealers' premises			Total
	Schools (pasteurised)	Pasteurised	T.T. pasteurised	Sterilised	Total

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Ice cream examinations—10

Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Total

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Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

		New cases treated			Attendances
		Scabies	Lice and nits	Total	Scabies	Lice and nits	Total

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HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

	No. visited	Total No. of talks	Subjects	Total attendances	No. of attendances

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Table 12 Mothercraft

No. of clinics	Total No. of classes	Visits by health visitors

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Table 13 Infectious diseases

	1962 (1961 in brackets)
	Notified	Confirmed

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Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases : Willesden and England and Wales

Year	Cases confirmed		Case rate per 1,000 population		Children vaccinated in Willesden
Year	Willesden	England & Wales	Willesden	England & Wales	Children vaccinated in Willesden

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Table 15 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Year	Population	New cases			Deaths			Cases on register
Year	Population	Pulmonary	Nonpulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Nonpulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Nonpulmonary	All forms

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Table 16 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Year	Population	New cases Rate per 100,000 population			Deaths Rate per 100,000 population
Year	Population	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms

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Table 17 Bronchitis: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 population

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Table 18 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 Population

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Table 19 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Age groups	New cases
	Respiratory		Non-respiratory
	Male \| Female		Male	Female

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Table 20 Tuberculosis 1962: Cases by Wards

Ward	Pulmonary cases	Non-pulmonary cases	Pulmonary rate per 100,000	Combined rate per 100,000

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Table 22 Tuberculin Tested, 1953-1962

	Children under 5 years			School children (5 years)			School leavers
	Tested	Positive	% Positive	Tested	Positive	% Positive	Tested	Positive	% Positive

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Table 23 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1962

	No. tested and found negative	No. vaccinated

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Table 24 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1957-62

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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 25 Demolition and Closing Orders Housing Act, 1957 (Sections 16, 17 and 18)

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Table 27 New Dwellings, 1962

	Houses	Flats	Rebuilds

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Table 28 Notices served

	1962	1961

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Table 29 Inspections carried out under Public Health Acts, 1936 and 1961, Housing Act, 1957, Rent Act, 1957, Clean Air Act, 1956, Infectious Diseases and Miscellaneous Inspections

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Table 30 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises

	1962		1961
	No. inspected	Inspections made	No. inspected	Inspections made

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Table 31 Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair

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Table 32 Summary of nuisances abated and of Improvements Effected Water supply and water service

	1962	1961

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DISINFESTATION Table 33

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Table 34 Types of food premises

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Food premises: Defects remedied

Defects	Outstanding at 31.12.61	Found during the year	Total	Remedied during year	Outstanding at 31.12.62

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Table 37 Food premises: Registration

	Premises on register 31.12.61	Applications received	Applications granted	Applications refused	Premises removed from register during 1962	Total on register at 31.12.62

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Table 38 Food unfit for human consumption

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Table 39 Food: Samples taken

Article	No. of samples	Unsatisfactory

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FACTORIES Table 40 On register and inspections

	No. on register	Inspections	Written notices

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Table 41 Defects found

	Found	Remedied	Referred		No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector	No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted

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Table 42 Outworkers

Nature of work	No. of outworkers in August list	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served

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Table 43 Ante.natal Clinics

Clinic	Sessions	New cases		Attendances		Average attendance per session
Clinic	Sessions	Antenatal	Postnatal	Antenatal	Postnatal	Average attendance per session

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Table 44 Births Hospital and domiciliary

	1962	1961

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Table 45 Mothercraft

Clinic	Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 46 Relaxation Classes

Clinic	Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 47 Child Welfare Clinics

Clinic	Sessions	First attendances (Under 1 year)	Attendances			Total attendances	Seen by doctor	Average attendance per session
Clinic	Sessions	First attendances (Under 1 year)	Under 1 year	1—2 years	2—5 years	Total attendances	Seen by doctor	Average attendance per session

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MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 48 Midwives' Clinics

	Sessions	New Cases	Total attendances	Average attendance

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Table 49

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Clinic sessions attended (loccd authority clinics):—

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Medical Aid

For Mother		For Child

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Table 50 Establishment: Health Visitors

	Whole-time equivalent as at:
	31.12.61	31.12.62

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HEALTH VISITING Table 51 Visits made by Health Visitors

Year	Expectant Mothers		Children under 1 year		Children 1—2 years	Children 2—5 years	Tuberculosis Households	General
Year	First	Total	First	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total as health visitor	Total as school nurse

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Table 52 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:—

Care of elderly persons	Ante-Natal care	Home help	Living Conditions	Housing

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Table 53 Work: Home Nurses

	New Cases		Visits	Cases on register at end of year
	Male	Female		Male	Female

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Table 54 Establishment: Home Nurses

Nurses	1.1.62	31.12.62

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SMALLPOX Table 55 Vaccination

	Under 1 year	1 year	2-4 years	5-14 years	15 years and over	Total

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HOME HELPS Table 56 Cases: Home Helps

	Cases receiving help at		No. of new cases helped during		No. of cases receiving help at
	1.1.62	1.1.61	1962	1961	31.12.62	31.12.61

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Table 57 Staff: Home Helps

	Position at		Appointments during		Resignations during		Position at
	1.1.62	1.1.61	1962	1961	1962	1961	31.12.62	31.12.61

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DAY NURSERIES Table 58 Day Nurseries: Attendances

Nursery	Approved places		Children on register at 31.12.62		Attendances for the year		Average daily attendances
Nursery	0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years

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Table 59 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Nursery	Measles	Chicken Pox	German Measles	Scarlet Fever

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Table 60 Day Nurseries: Waiting List Position at:—

Nursery	1.1.62	31.12.62

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Table 61 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Nursery	Unsupported Mothers	Medical reasons	Bad Housing	Total on Register

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Table 62 Day Nurseries: Staff

	Establishment	Position at:
	Establishment	31.12.62	31.12.61

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Table 63 Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary Schools and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)

Year of birth (1)	Number of pupils inspected (2)	Physical condition of pupils inspected
		Satisfactory		Unsatisfactory
		Number (3)	% of column 2 (4)	Number (5)	% of column 2 (6)

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Table 64 Individual Pupils found at periodical Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

Year of birth	For defective vision (Excluding squint)	For any of the other conditions in table	Total individual pupils

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48 Table 65 Defects Found by Medical Inspection

*	Periodic inspections
	Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total		Special inspections
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)

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Table 66 Treatments : School Health Service

	Number of cases known to have been dealt with

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Table 67 Orthoptics—Cases seen at Pound Lane Clinic

Total No. of cases seen	No. of new cases	Placed on operation waiting list	Discharged cured		Failed to attend
			Orthoptic	Cosmetic

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Table 68 Audiometry: Children Tested Routine

Age group	1st Tests	Re-tests	Failures			Total
			Both ears	One ear
			Both ears	Right	Left

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Table 69 Summary of Failures to pass Audiometer Test

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Table 70 Speech Therapy

Clinic or School	No. of cases dealt with during the year

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Table 71 Infestation with Vermin

	1962	1961

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Table 72 County Council Day Special Schools — Admissions

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 31.12.62

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Table 73 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act , 1944— Section 57

	1962	1961

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Table 74 Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ended 31st December, 1962)

Category	Ascertainment								Distribution (as at last day of Year)
	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 Secy. 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.

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Table 75

Waiting list at 1.1.1962	Total cases seen by Psychiatrist	New cases seen by Psychiatrist	Other cases seen by Psychiatrist	New cases referred	Cases not requiring to be seen by Psychiatrist	Waiting list 31.12.1962

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Table 76 REASONS FOR REFERRAL

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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Table 77 Inspection and Treatment (a) Inspections

	Inspected		Required Treatment		Referred for Treatment
	1962	1961	1962	1961	1962	1961

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(b) Treatment

	1962	1961

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PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE Table 78

	Expectant and Nursing Mothers		Children under 5
	1962	1961	1962	1961

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The capacity of each bath and the time taken for the whole of the water to pass through the filters and treatment plant is as follows:—

429 samples were taken, 10 of which were unsatisfactory (See Public Health Laboratory Service, page

The Orders now in operation are as follows:

No. of Old People Using the Laundry Service

Inquests held on Willesden Residents

There has been a slight decrease in the number of new cases referred during the year, but an increase in the number of visits made (Table 53). The total number of cases nursed during the year was 2,742.

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Table 1 DEATHS

Infant Mortality Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales

Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Table 4 Deaths by Social Class

Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)

Table 7 Premature births by wards

Table 8 Infant Mortality : Congenital Malformations

Table 9 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations —186

Ice cream examinations—10

Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

Table 12 Mothercraft

Table 13 Infectious diseases

Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases : Willesden and England and Wales

Table 15 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Table 16 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Table 17 Bronchitis: Deaths

Table 18 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths

Table 19 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Table 20 Tuberculosis 1962: Cases by Wards

Table 22 Tuberculin Tested, 1953-1962

Table 23 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1962

Table 24 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 25 Demolition and Closing Orders Housing Act, 1957 (Sections 16, 17 and 18)

Table 27 New Dwellings, 1962

Table 28 Notices served

Table 29 Inspections carried out under Public Health Acts, 1936 and 1961, Housing Act, 1957, Rent Act, 1957, Clean Air Act, 1956, Infectious Diseases and Miscellaneous Inspections

Table 30 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises

Table 31 Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair

Table 32 Summary of nuisances abated and of Improvements Effected Water supply and water service

DISINFESTATION Table 33

Table 34 Types of food premises

Food premises: Defects remedied

Table 37 Food premises: Registration

Table 38 Food unfit for human consumption

Table 39 Food: Samples taken

FACTORIES Table 40 On register and inspections

Table 41 Defects found

Table 42 Outworkers

Table 43 Ante.natal Clinics

Table 44 Births Hospital and domiciliary

Table 45 Mothercraft

Table 46 Relaxation Classes

Table 47 Child Welfare Clinics

MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 48 Midwives' Clinics

Table 49

Clinic sessions attended (loccd authority clinics):—

Medical Aid

Table 50 Establishment: Health Visitors

HEALTH VISITING Table 51 Visits made by Health Visitors

Table 52 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:—

Table 53 Work: Home Nurses

Table 54 Establishment: Home Nurses

SMALLPOX Table 55 Vaccination

HOME HELPS Table 56 Cases: Home Helps

Table 57 Staff: Home Helps

DAY NURSERIES Table 58 Day Nurseries: Attendances

Table 59 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Table 60 Day Nurseries: Waiting List Position at:—

Table 61 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Table 62 Day Nurseries: Staff

Table 63 Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary Schools and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)

Table 64 Individual Pupils found at periodical Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

48 Table 65 Defects Found by Medical Inspection

Table 66 Treatments : School Health Service