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Municipal Offices,
Dyne Road, Kilburn, N.W.
1st June, 1918.
To the Willesden Urban District Council—
The Local Sanitary Authority.
The Local Education Authority.
I beg to submit herewith the 42nd Annual Health Report
for Willesden for the year 1917. This Report includes:—
(1) The 42nd Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary
condition of the district.
(2) The 10th Annual Report on the Health of Children
attending the Public Elementary Schools.
(3) The 26th Annual Hospital Report.
The present Report has been condensed to the smallest
bulk consistent with the continuity of records.
The tables given have the same numbers as those containing
similar information in the Annual Report of 1916.
Vital Statistics.
The population of Willesden estimated at mid-summer,
1917, was 169,344.
The death rate during the past year has been 10'73 per
1,000 of the population, while the infant mortality rate has
been 110 per 1,000 births.
The birth rate has been the lowest ever recorded in
Willesden, namely, 16 62 per 1,000 of the population.