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Willesden 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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APPENDIX A—Table IV-—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At ages—Years. | South Kilburn. | Mid-Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Brondesbury Park. | Kensal Rise. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Roundwood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | Cricklewood. | Total Cases removed to Willesden Municipal Hospital. | ||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) | (25) | (26) |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) Erysipelas | 365 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 33 | 140 | 56 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 2 | — | 50 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 22 | 15 | 83 | 37 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 341 |
| 111 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 47 | |
| Scarlet fever | 811 | 2 | 23 | 38 | 59 | 76 | 358 | 133 | 34 | 70 | 17 | 1 | — | 73 | 37 | 40 | 35 | 60 | 50 | 140 | 60 | 71 | 60 | 185 | 714 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 |
| Relapsing fever (R) Continued fever | (C) 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 25 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 13 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | – | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 28 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 253 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 20 | 129 | 41 | 46 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 37 | — |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 64 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | — |
| Whooping cough | 480 | 58 | 53 | 54 | 59 | 58 | 183 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 69 | 41 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 67 | 75 | 36 | 49 | 37 | 55 | 32 |
| Pneumonia | 324 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 18 | 21 | 44 | 34 | 57 | 23 | 58 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 10 | 75 | 23 | 33 | 17 | 39 | 3 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute polio encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2,503 | 111 | 110 | 139 | 163 | 183 | 752 | 235 | 113 | 364 | 126 | 158 | 49 | 311 | 182 | 146 | 87 | 154 | 178 | 436 | 204 | 213 | 201 | 391 | 1,160 |