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Willesden 1936
[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 1936.
| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At ages¡ªYears. | Carlton. | Kilburn. | Brondesbury Park. | Kensal Rise. | Manor. | Harlesden. | Stonebridge. | Roundwood. | Church End. | Willesden Green. | Mapesbury. | Neasden. | 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) | 1 (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) | (23) | (24) | (25) | (26) | (27) | (28) |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ¡ö | - | - | ||
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup). | 382 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 171 | 44 | 15 | 44 | 7 | 5 | - | 92 | 22 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 77 | 36 | 37 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 370 |
| Erysipelas......... | 88 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 41 | |
| Scarlet fever | 556 | 2 | 18 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 253 | 65 | 32 | 64 | 9 | 3 | - | 48 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 25 | 30 | 54 | 41 | 78 | 41 | 39 | 34 | 87 | 484 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 10 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| Relapsing fever (R) Continued fever (C.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Puerperal fever | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | -¡ö | 1 | - | 1 | " | - | 1 | - | " | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 29 | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 240 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 22 | 118 | 30 | 49 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 15 | - |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 53 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 4 | - | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Whooping cough | 743 | 91 | 90 | 94 | 85 | 92 | 274 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | 101 | 39 | 37 | 22 | 53 | 80 | 96 | 68 | 62 | 109 | 30 | 20 | 26 | 91 |
| Pneumonia | 352 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 63 | 41 | 58 | 38 | 47 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 20 | 29 | 72 | 30 | 33 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 8 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 20 | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ¡ö | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute polio encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ¡ö | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ¡ö | " | - | - | - | - | - | - | ¡ª¡ª | |
| Totals | 2,517 | 139 | 145 | 179 | 170 | 185 | 757 | 144 | 100 | 374 | 109 | 152 | 63 | 348 | 151 | 109 | 135 | 128 | 197 | 371 | 213 | 244 | 225 | 126 | 96 | 174 | 1,014 |