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Willesden 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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THE FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
Year ending 31st December, 1934,
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) to 31st March, 1934 =4,384 acres. From 1st April, 1934 4,703.6
Population (estimated Midsummer, 1934) 195,295*
Population Census (1931) (not including areas taken over on 1st April, 1934) 185,300
Number of inhabited houses (end of 1934) according to Rate books 40,101
(Flats separately assessed counted as one house.)
Rateable value at 31st March, 1934 £1,480,566
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,575
* Registrar General's estimate Midsummer, 1934 188,286
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
| Live Births— | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 2,649 | Birth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 14.05 | |||||
| Illegitimate | 94 | |||||||
| Stillbirths | 96 | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | 33.81 | |||||
| Deaths | 1,940 | |||||||
| Death Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population | 9.93 | |||||||
Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-Generals short List:—
| Deaths. | Rates per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 29—Puerperal sepsis | 4 | 1.41 | |||
| No. 30—Other puerperal causes | 4 | 1.41 | |||
| Total | 8 | 2.82 | |||
| Death Rate of Infants under one year of age | |||||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 43.38 | ||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 40.77 | ||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 117.02 | ||||
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 22 22
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 8 8
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 22 21
Figures in italics (other than rates) supplied by Registrar-General.
Table No. 8.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
| Disease. | Total Cases Notified. (1) | Cases admitted to | Total Deaths. (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willesden Municipal Hospitals. (2) | Other Hospitals. (3) | |||
| Diphtheria | 365 | 341 | 14 | 18 |
| Scarlet Fever | 811 | 714 | 27 | 4 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 4 | 26 | - |
| Pneumonia | 324 | 3 | -* | 121 |
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 111 | 47 | 34 | 13 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 28 | 1 | 7 | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Acute Polio-Encephalitis | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||
| (a) Pulmonary | 253 | - | -* | 128 |
| 64 | - | -* | 15 | |
| Whooping Cough | 480 | 32 | - | 8 |
For analysis of the age groups see Appendix “A” Table IV.
No complete record.