Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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appendix a. table III.-infant mortality during 1933.
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 1 year. | WARDS. | |||||||||||
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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 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 61 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 123 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 19 |
Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tuberculous meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Meningitis (Not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Convulsions | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bronchitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Diarrhœa | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Injury at birth | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Atelectasis | 11 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Congenital Malformations (b) | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
Premature Birth | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 5 | - | - | - | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 11 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | |
Other Causes | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
Total Deaths | 47 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 61 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 123 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 19 | |
Deaths- | Legitimate | 44 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 105 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 19 |
Illegitimate | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | - | 2 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 1 | *8 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | |
Births- | Legitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,587 | 227 | 212 | 201 | 115 | 170 | 185 | 278 | 221 | 217 | 246 | 515 |
Illegitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 84 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 17 | |
Total Births | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,671 | 239 | 214 | 211 | 121 | 172 | 188 | 285 | 234 | 220 | 255 | 532 | |
Infant Mortality Rate- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Legitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.59 | 44.05 | 42.45 | 54.73 | 8.70 | 17.65 | 43.24 | 53.96 | 36.20 | 59.91 | 32.52 | 36.89 | |
Illegitimate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 214.29 | 166.67 | - | - | - | 500.00 | *2666.67 | 714.29 | - | 666.67 | - | - | |
Infant Mortality Rate | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46.05 | 50.21 | 42.06 | 52.13 | 8.26 | 23.26 | 85.11 | 70.18 | 34.19 | 68.18 | 31.37 | 35.71 | |
Population | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 190875 | 13,811 | 14,035 | 12,988 | 9,908 | 13,295 | 16,586 | 21,179 | 15,471 | 16,116 | 16,318 | 41,168 |
(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.
* These 8 illegitimate deaths occurred in children of the National Adoption Society's Hostel, Connaught House, Acton Lane, N.W. 10.
Excluding these, the illegitimate infant mortality rate for the Harlesden Ward is nil.