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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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APPENDIX A—T able IV.-CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Willesden Municipal Hospital. | ||||||||
| At all ages. | 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) | (ID | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) |
| Small Pox | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2* |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Group) | 466 | 9 | 130 | 258 | 42 | 24 | 3 | - | 55 | 48 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 154 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 12 | 441 |
| Erysipelas | 68 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 359 | 1 | 99 | 197 | 41 | 19 | 2 | — | 39 | 46 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 68 | 31 | 31 | 38 | 24 | 329 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (c) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | — | — ' | — | 5 | 11 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 24 | — | — | — | 8 | 16 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 271 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 68 | 122 | 58 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 34 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 21 | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 68 | — | 8 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 4 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 419 | 55 | 189 | 167 | 2 | 6 | — | — | 75 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 38 | 88 | 35 | 23 | 43 | 29 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 232 | 18 | 38 | 37 | 27 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trench Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 9 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Polio Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1,983 | 120 | 475 | 704 | 218 | 292 | 143 | 31 | 304 | 230 | 76 | 77 | 113 | 145 | 417 | 186 | 145 | 181 | 109 | 798 |