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Municipal Offices,
Dyne Road, Kilburn, N.W.,
15th March, 1915.
To the Willesden Urban District Council—
The Local Sanitary Authority.
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The Local Education Authority.
I beg to submit herewith the 39th Annual Health Report
for Willesden for the year 1914. This report includes:—
1. The 39th Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary
Condition of the District.
2. The 7th Annual Report on the Health of Children
attending the Public Elementary Schools.
3. The 23rd Annual Hospital Report.
Vital Statistics.
The population of Willesden estimated at mid-summer,
1914, was 166,634, as compared with the census population,
154,344 in 1911.
4,115 Births occurred in the district during the year,
giving a birth-rate of 24.7 per 1,000 of the population. This
birth-rate, which equals that of last year, is the lowest
recorded.
1,752 Deaths occurred in the district during the year,
giving a death-rate of 10.51 per 1,000, as compared with
10.24 in 1913, and 9.8 in 1910, when the death-rate in
Willesden was lowest. The death-rate differs in the various
wards, being highest in South Kilburn, with a rate of 13.90,
and lowest in Kensal Rise, with a rate of 8.96.
337 Deaths of Infants under one year of age occurred
in 1914, giving an infant mortality rate of 82 per thousand.