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Willesden 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

Live Births—Total.M.F.Total
Legitimate2,5871,3081,2912,599 Birth Rate per 1,000 of the esti-
Illegitimate846471135 mated resident population13.9914.63
Stillbirths...90544397 Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population 932.6034.26
Deaths1,8851,89099.8810.11
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 sepsis7 72.542.47
No. 30—Other puerperal causes7 82.542.83
Total14 155075.30
Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
All infants per 1,000 live births46.0544.99
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births40.5939.63
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births214.29148.15
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1 1
„ Whooping Cough (all ages)12 12
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 27 24
Figures in italics (other than rates) supplied by Registrar-General.

THE FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
for the
Year ending 31st December, 1933,
on the
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 4,384
Population (estimated Midsummer, 1933) 190,875*
Population Census (1931) 185,300
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1933) according to Rate books 38,625
(Flats separately assessed counted as one house.)
Rateable value at 31st March, 1933 £1,358,468
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,635
* Registrar General's estimate Midsummer, 1933 186,900

Table No . 9.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.

Disease.Total Cases Notified.Cases admitted toTotal Deaths.
Willesden Municipal Hospitals.Other Hospitals.
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Diphtheria3923681011
Scarlet Fever694623131
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)131021
Puerperal Fever13366
Puerperal Pyrexia36425
Pneumonia3353-*124
Small Pox22
Cholera
Plague
Erysipelas10037324
Typhus Fever
Relapsing Fever
Continued Fever
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis6243
Poliomyelitis14391
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2025
Malaria
Dysentery11
Encephalitis Lethargica11
Acute Polio-Encephalitis
Anthrax
Tuberculosis:—
(a) Pulmonary247-*125
(b) Non-Pulmonary47-*16
Whooping Cough5242112
For analysis of the age groups see Appendix " A " Table IV. * No complete record.