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Willesden 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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MEASLES.— Table No . 24.
Shewing the number of cases coming under the notice of the Health Department each year since 1907 and the number of deaths occurring among these cases; the number of deaths occurring among unknown cases, and the probable number of these cases assuming the fatality rate to have been the same in each class.
| Year. | Total No. of Cases known before death. | Cases unknown prior to death. | Percentage of all probable Cases coming to knowledge. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality Rate per cent. | Deaths. | Estimated No. of Cases. | |||
| 1907 | 1,442 | 25 | 1.75 | 20 | 1,153 | 55 | 2,595 |
| 1908 | 1,678 | 26 | 1. 55 | 29 | 1,871 | 47 | 3,549 |
| 1909 | 1,445 | 17 | 1.17 | 24 | 2,040 | 41 | 3,485 |
| 1910 | 1,757 | 13 | 0.74 | 17 | 2,297 | 43 | 4,054 |
| 1911 | 1,845 | 26 | 1.40 | 25 | 1,774 | 51 | 3,619 |
| 1912 | 1,665 | 17 | 1.02 | 18 | 1,763 | 48 | 3,428 |
| 1913. | 1,656 | 21 | 1.26 | 48 | 3,785 | 30 | 5,441 |
| 1914 | 539 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | *664 | *45 | 1,203 |
| 1915 | 1,947 | 20 | 1.03 | 54 | 5,257 | 27 | 7.204 |
| 1916 | 871 | 7 | .80 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 871 |
| Totals | 14,845 | 172 | 1.16 | 243 | 20,604 | 42 | 35,449 |
* These figures are based on the average for the years 1907-1914.
TUBERCULOSIS.— Table No. 25.
Showing the number of notifications and the number of new cases each year since 1909.
| Year. | No. of notifications received. | No. of new cases to which notifications refer. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Other forms. | Pulmonary. | Other forms. | Total. | |
| *1909 (calendar year) | 196 | ... | 107 | ... | 107 |
| 1910 ( ,, ,, ) | 140 | ... | 61 | ... | 61 |
| **1911 ( ,, ) | 241 | ... | 230 | ... | 230 |
| †1912 (52 weeks) | 851 | ... | 487 | ... | 487 |
| †0†1913 ( ,, ,, ) | 693 | 181 | 368 | 146 | 514 |
| 1914 (,, ) | 613 | 122 | 326 | 90 | 416 |
| 1915 (53 „ ) | 700 | 98 | 344 | 81 | 425 |
| 1916 (52 „ ) | 552 | 86 | 259 | 63 | 322 |
| Total | 3986 | 487 | 2182 | 380 | 2562 |
*Poor Law Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis notifiable from 1st January, 1909
** Hospital ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1st May, 1911
+A11 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 1st January, 1912
†† All Cases of all forms of ,, ,, ,, 1st February, 1913
958 of the 2562 cases of Tuberculosis notified in Willesden since 1909
were living in the area at the end of the yeas.