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Town Hall,
Dyne Road, Kilburn, N.W. 6.
1st May, 1931.
To the Willesden Urban District Council—
The Local Sanitary Authority,
and the Local Education Authority.
I beg to submit herewith the Annual Health Report for Willesden for the year 1930. This
Report includes:—
(i.) The 55th Annual Report on the health and sanitary condition of the district;
(ii.) The 23rd Annual Report on the health of children attending the public elementary
schools;
(iii.) The 11th Annual Report on the health of children attending secondary schools ;
(iv.) The 13th Annual Report on dental work in connection with children attending the
public elementary schools, expectant and nursing mothers and children
under 5 years ;
(v.) The 1st Annual Report on the Supervision of Midwives.
(vi.) The 1st Annual Report on the Registration of Nursing Homes.
(vii.) The 1st Annual Report on Infant Life Protection.
(viii.) The 11th Annual Report on home nursing ;
(ix.) The 16th Annual Report on the provision of meals to children attending the public
elementary schools ;
(x.) The 39th Annual Report on the Municipal Hospital.
(xi.) The 1st Annual Report on the health of patients attending the Middlesex County
Council Occupation Centre for Mentally Defectives, Buller Road, Willesden.
The Report is written in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health and
Board of Education.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The estimated population of Willesden at Midsummer, 1930, was 179,368.
2,869 births occurred in Willesden during 1930, giving a birth rate of 15-99 per 1,000 of the
population, as against 15-25 in 1929.
1,762 deaths occurred in 1930, giving a death rate of 9-82 per 1,000 of the population. These
figures compare with a total number of deaths of 2,019 and a death-rate of 11 - 34 in 1929.
The infant mortality rate in 1930 was 60-99 per 1,000 births.
175 deaths of infants under one year occurred. 147 or 84 per cent, of these 175 deaths
were" due to :—
1. Congenital Malformations 11, Premature Birth 57, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
15, Atelectasis 5 ;
2. Diarrhoea and Enteritis 24 ;
3. Whooping Cough 2 ;
4. Measles 4 ;
5. Bronchitis 2, and
6. Pneumonia 27.
Year by year these six causes of death account for some 80-85 per cent, of all deaths of infants
under one year of age and active measures are required to prevent these conditions proving fatal.
CANCER
Cancer continues to take a heavy toll of the population. In 1930 there were 214 deaths from
this cause as compared with 239 in 1929, 240 in 1928, and 217 in 1927.
The two Cancer Clinics, one at Health Centre (1) and the other at Health Centre (2), have
continued during 1930.
Dr. Agnes Nicoll writes a report on the work done at Health Centre (1) during the year 1930,
and Dr. Bessie Mackenzie writes a similar report on the work done at Health Centre (2) during the
year 1930. These reports appear as Appendices G and H.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
During the year 1930, 2,029 cases of Infectious Disease were notified as compared with 2,843
in the previous year. The total of 2,029 includes 491 notifications of Diphtheria as compared with
413 in 1929, 518 cases of Scarlet Fever as compared with 574 in 1929, 266 cases of Pneumonia as
compared with 402 in 1929 and 229 cases of Whooping Cough as compared with 912 in 1929.