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Willesden 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Inquiries were made in all cases where illegitimate
children had died, in order to find whether
they were in charge of the mothers or placed out at
nurse.
The result shewed that of 46 illegitimate deaths,
28 were placed out at nurse. In no case, however,
was there another child under twelve months in
charge, so that no infringements of the Statute were
discovered.
GRANVILLE ROAD SHELTER,
In my last Annual Report, I reported a nuisance
from a shelter and rest for destitute men in Peel
Road, Kilburn, established by the Church Extension
Association.
The congregation of these men outside the
building formed the subject of continual complaint
and the premises were finally closed by order of
the Council.
After an interval of a few months, other and
larger premises in Granville Road, Kilburn, were
taken by the same Association, and opened for the
same purpose, the Peel Road premises being again
utilised for the overflow.
I inspected the place with the Chief Inspector
at about one o'clock in the day on the 10th of March.
There were then about 60 men in the building, and