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Willesden 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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28
THE FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1929,
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
URBAN DISTRICT OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,384
Population 177,973 (estimated Midsummer, 1929)
Number of inhabited houses 23,719 (Census, 1921)
Number of families or separate occupiers 41,235 (Census, 1921)
Rateable value £1,155,987
Sum represented by a penny rate £4,626 (approx.)
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Births— Total.
Legitimate *2,611 Birth Rate (R.G.) 16.48
Illegitimate †103 Death Rate (R.G.) 11.72
Deaths ‡2,019
* (R.G.) 2,692. †150. ‡ 2,021.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth from sepsis 4
from other causes 7
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 150. Illegitimate 15. Total 165
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 28
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 1
Stillbirths registered 74
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 births 26.54
Table No . 8.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases admitted to Willesden Municipal Hospitals. | Total Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 413 | 387 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 574 | 492 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 6 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | — | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 41 | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | 402 | 1 | 105 |
| Small Pox | 47 | 45 | 1 |
| Cholera | — | — | — |
| Plague | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 79 | 17 | 13 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | — | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 36 | 2 | — |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||
| (a) Pulmonary | 254 | — | 158 |
| (b) Non-Pulmonary | 53 | — | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | 912 | 24 | 28 |