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Willesden 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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TABLE II.— CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1916.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.
At all ages.At Ages—Years.South Kilburn.Mid-Kilburn.North Kilburn.Brondesbury Park.Kensal Rise.Harlesden.Stonebridge.Roundwood.Church End.Willesden Green.Cricklewood.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
Under x.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)
Small-pox........................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)........................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)225164137149....191571324301623272823213
Erysipelas87334132725121014335710157762
Scarlet Fever3872772682614....1542232824473184333525350
Typhus Fever........................................
Enteric Fever3......111..................1..21
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)........................................
Puerperal Fever11......38......2211..2..1..2..
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis811231....111..2..2..1....2
Poliomyelitis514..........1......12........1..
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2828............2221..62445....
Measles and German Measles143749290857150865..37109761009513414927978683121
Pulmonary Tuberculosis2591431661124232626251513353625231718..
Other forms of Tuberculosis63116201781..105424757964..
Totals25138745913192932667415121216143163169268253437184166393569

The Willesden Isolation Hospital, Neasden, with 166 beds is provided by the Willesden District Council for patients suffering with infectious
diseases other than Small Pox.
Cases of Infectious Disease occurring amongst soldiers or sailors are not included in this table.