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Municipal Offices,
Dyne Road,
Kilburn, N.W.
3rd June, 1914.
To the Chairman and Members of the
Willcsden Urban District Council.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit the 38th Annual Report on the health
and sanitary condition of the district.
The population which at the Census of 1911 was
154,214 was estimated at the middle of 1913 to be 163,644.
It will accordingly be observed that the high rate of increase
in the population is maintained.
4,037 births occurred in the district during the year,
giving a birth-rate of 24.7 per 1,000.
1,677 deaths occurred in the district during the year,
giving a death-rate of 10.24 per 1,000, which is approximately
the average death rate during the past 5 years.
The 'death-rate varies in the different wards, in South
Kilburn it is 15.87 per 1,000 and in Cricklewood 7.22.
325 deaths of infants occurred during the year. Many
of these are preventable deaths. Deaths of infants are
most commonly caused by want of maternal nursing, want
of knowledge of infant care, improper feeding, and want
of medical treatment. For some time past the Council
has conducted a Babies' Welcome on somewhat unconventional
lines, but it is now desirable that a broader outlook
should be taken of the functions of this clinic. The
treatment of diseases occurring amongst children is at
present a necessity, and school clinics are being established
to supply the want. But it should be the business of the
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