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Willesden 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1897
Pages
48
Tables
24

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24 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    TABLE No. 1.
    Population at Census, 1891.Houses placed on Rate - book since Census, less 5.9 per cent. for empties.Average number of persons to each house at Census.Increase of population since Census.wards.Estimated population at middle of 1896.Area in acres.Number of persons per acre.
  • Page 10
    TABLE No. 2.
    THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMPRISES:—HOUSES.POPULATION.
  • Page 12
    TABLE No. 3. MARRIAGES. I have this year been able to add the number that have taken place in Churches of all denominations; the rate is about the same as last year, only a very small fraction more.
    1896.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.TOTAL.
  • Page 12
    TABLE No. 4. BIRTHS.
    1896.Boys.Girls.TOTAL.
  • Page 13
    TABLE No. 5. Births distributed in Wards as follows:—
    WARDS.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.TOTAL.Rate per 1,000 population.
  • Page 13
    The births registered in each of the last five years are as follows, viz.:—
    rate for the year.
  • Page 16
    Inquests .—Thirty-three inquests have been held, the verdicts being
    no.
  • Page 17
    Some portions of the District have already so nearly obtained their full growth that very little in the way of increase can take place; a comparison of last year with this is the best guide.
    WAKD.POPU LATION.INCREASE.
    1895.1896.
  • Page 19
    TABLE No. 6. SUMMARY OF DEATHS.
    I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases :—Total.
  • Page 20
    TABLLE NO. 7 Table of Deaths during the Year 1896, in the WilLesden Urban Sanitary District 1 Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    WARDS.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 2525 and under 65.65 and upwards.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeverCholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa &. Dysntry.Rheumatic Fever.PhitihissBronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.TOTAL.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 21
    TABLE No. 8 . Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Willesden Urban Sanitary District, 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.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.TOTALS.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.TOTALS.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 22
    ZYMOTIC MORTALITY DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS. RATE PER 1,000.
    1887188818891890189118921893189418951896Rate for the Country generally, 1896.
  • Page 23
    During the last four years the following cases have been notified.
    1893.1894.1895.1896.
  • Page 24
    TABLE No. 9.
    WARDS.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria,Typhord.Erysipelas.Croup.Puerperal.Continued Fever.Cholera Nostras.TOTAL.
  • Page 28
    VACCINATION RETURNS.
    No. of Births for the year 1896.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible to Vacciuation.Dead unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Gone Away.Cases not yet vaccinated.
  • Page 33
    SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1896.
    no.
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    TABLE No. 1.
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    TABLE No. 2.
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    TABLE No. 3. WATER SUPPLY AND WATER SERVICE.
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    TABLE No. 4.
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    SUMMARY OF SYSTEMATIC INSPECTIONS, 1896.
    LOCALITY.Defective Water Supply.Drains Choked.Defective and Foul W.C.'sDefective Traps.Offensive Accumulations.Cisterns (dirty and uncovered).Dilapidated Ashpits.Dilapidated Guttering and Rainpipes.Dirty Rooms and Passages.Dilapidated Yard Paving.Leaky Roofs.Damp Walls.Waste pipes in Drains.Overcrowding.Total Number of Houses.