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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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T ABLE IV —CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1920.
| 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. | Round wood. | Church End. | Willesden Green, | Cricklewood. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 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) | 699 | 6 | Ill | 463 | 66 | 48 | 5 | — | 41 | 44 | 26 | 69 | 94 | 82 | 94 | 77 | 48 | 59 | 65 | 652 |
| Erysipelas | 91 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 705 | 4 | 120 | 481 | 61 | 34 | 5 | — | 78 | 90 | 37 | 71 | 58 | 53 | 78 | 62 | 68 | 65 | 45 | 435 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Enteric Fever | 22 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | 3 | 16 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever | (C) 3 | — | — | (C) 1 | (c) 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (c)2 | (C) 1 | — | — | 2 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 20 | — | — | — | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 49 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 296 | — | 2 | 35 | 74 | 132 | 50 | 3 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 54 | 24 | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 47 | — | 4 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 4 | — | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 193 | 35 | 84 | 68 | 6 | — | — | — | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 107 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Malaria | 41* | — | — | — | 5 | 35 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | - | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2,281 | 100 | 336 | 1,103 | 249 | 351 | 124 | 18 | 223 | 234 | 112 | 176 | 204 | 229 | 269 | 255 | 207 | 208 | 164 | 1,158 |
The Willesden Municipal Hospital, Neasden, with 199 beds, provides accommodation for patients suffering with infectious diseases other than Small Pox.