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Willesden 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Sanitary Report, 1893. 25
TABLE No. 9.
Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of Willesden; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Wards. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New cases of Sickness in each locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such cases removed from their homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Mem. Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Mem. Croup. | Fevers | Cholera. | Erysipela. | |||||||||||||
| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1893. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||
| North | 8679 | 10334 | 279 | Under 5 | ... | 23 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 2 | 68 | 26 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| East | 14698 | 17957 | 593 | Under 5 | 2 | 40 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 9 | 77 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 10 | 9 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| West H. | 16856 | 19725 | 661 | Under 5 | ... | 74 | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 117 | 41 | 1 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| South | 21033 | 21143 | 719 | Under 5 | 1 | 59 | 49 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwds. | 8 | 131 | 62 | 1 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 45 | 8 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Workhouse Hendon Union | 178 | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upwds. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| 61266 | 69337 | 2252 | Under 5 | 3 | 196 | 67 | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 | 1 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 upwds. | 20 | 393 | 154 | 3 | 1 | 42 | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 115 | 20 | 80 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Isolation Hospital is in the West Ward.