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Willesden 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
Year ended 31st December, 1932,
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
URBAN DISTRICT OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,384
Population (estimated Midsummer, 1932) 188,216*
Population Census (1931) 185,300
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1932) according to Rate books 37,418
(Flats separately assessed counted as one house.)
Rateable value at 31st March, 1932 £1,301,637
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,255
* Registrar General's estimate Midsummer, 1932 186,800.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.Live Births—
| Total. | M. | F. | Total. | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the esti-mated resident population | 14.58 | 15.42 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 2,637 | 1,409 | 1,329 | 2,738 | ||||||
| Illegitimate | 108 | 66 | 76 | 142 | ||||||
| Stillbirths | 107 | 71 | 45 | 116 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 37.52 | 38.72 | |||
| Deaths | 1,838 | 1,853 | Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 9.77 | 9.92 | |||||
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):—
| Deaths. | Rates per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. 29—Puerperal sepsis | 6 6 | 2.10 | 2.00 |
| No. 30—Other puerperal causes | 5 4 | 1.75 | 1.34 |
| Total | 11 10 | 3.86 | 3.34 |
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 61.20 | 58.68 | |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 51.19 | 49.31 | |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 305.56 | 239.44 | |
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 22 | 21 | |
| „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 6 | 7 | |
| ,, „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 33 | 34 | |
| Figures in italics supplied by Registrar-General. | |||
Table No. 11.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
| % Disease. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases admitted to | Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willesden Municipal Hospitals. | Other Hospitals. | |||
| Diphtheria | 247 | 234 | 9 | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 421 | 364 | 10 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | 7 | 14 | — |
| Pneumonia | 351 | 13 | _* | 148 |
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — |
| Plague... | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 66 | 20 | 17 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 14 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis | 8 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 28 | 7 | 5 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | ||||
| (a) Pulmonary | 249 | — | _* | 126 |
| 62 | — | _* | 19 | |
| Whooping Cough | 673 | 26 | — | 6 |
| For analysis of the age groups see Appendix " A " Table IV. * No complete record. | ||||