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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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APPENDIX A. table iii.—infant mortality during 1930.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | WARDS. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Kilburn. | Mid-Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Brondesbury Park. | Kensal Rise. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Roundwood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | Cricklewood. | |||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) | ||
| All Causes | Certified | 60 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 89 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 175 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 27 | |
| Uncertified | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Small Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Chicken Pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis (a) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| Convulsions | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Bronchitis | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Diarrhoea | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Gastritis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | ||
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | ||
| Injury at Birth | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | ||
| Atelectasis | 4 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Congenital Malformations (b) | 4 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 5 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | ||
| Premature Birth | 42 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 57 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | – | 4 | 8 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Other Causes | 3 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | ||
| Total Deaths | 60 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 89 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 175 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 27 | ||
| Deaths- | Legitimate | 56 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 85 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 156 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 25 | |
| Illegitimate | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Births— | -Legitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,776 | 265 | 255 | 169 | 116 | 176 | 225 | 345 | 266 | 225 | 231 | 503 | |
| Illegitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 93 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Total Births | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,869 | 278 | 274 | 178 | 117 | 181 | 227 | 350 | 277 | 229 | 240 | 518 | ||
| Infant Mortality Rate— | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Legitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56.19 | 86.79 | 54.90 | 82.84 | 43.10 | 45.45 | 53.33 | 55.07 | 63.91 | 53.33 | 30.30 | 49.70 | ||
| Illegitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 204.30 | 230.77 | 157.89 | 111.11 | – | – | 100.00 | 400.00 | 181.81 | 500.00 | 222.22 | 133.33 | ||
| Infant Mortality Rate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60.99 | 93.53 | 62.04 | 84.26 | 42.73 | 44.20 | 61.67 | 60.00 | 68.59 | 61.13 | 37.50! | 52.12 | ||
| Population | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 179368 | 15,339 | 14,838 | 13,992 | 9,672 | 13,629 | 18,317 | 19,700 | 17,034 | 16,295 | 18,141 | 22,411 | ||
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included Deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(b) Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.