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Town Hall,
Dyne Road, Kilburn, London, N.W. 6.
1st May, 1938.
To the Willesden Borough Council—
The Local Sanitary Authority,
and the Local Education Authority.
I beg to submit herewith the Annual Health Report for Willesden for the year 1937. This
Report includes:—
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(i.) The 62nd Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the District 16
(ii.) The 30th Annual Report on the Health of Children attending the Public
Elementary Schools 30
(iii.) Certain Statistical Data relative to School and Maternity and Child Welfare Work 35
(iv.) The 4th Annual Report on the work in connection with Abnormal Children 40
(v.) The 7th Annual Report on Nursery Classes 48
(vi.) The 18th Annual Report on the Health of Pupils attending Secondary and
Technical Schools 49
(vii.) The 20th Annual Report on Dental Work in connection with School Children,
Expectant and Nursing Mothers, and Children under 5 years 54
(viii.) The 23rd Annual Report on the provision of Meals to Children attending the
Public Elementary Schools 59
(ix.) The 8th Annual Report on the Supervision of Midwives 61
(x.) The 8th Annual Report on the Registration of Nursing Homes 66
(xi.) The 8th Annual Report on Child Life Protection 67
(xii.) The 18th Annual Report on Home Nursing 70
(xiii.) The 46th Annual Report on the Municipal Hospital 72
(xiv.) The 7th Annual Report on the Maternity Hospital 78
(xv.) The 23rd Annual Report on the Ambulance Service 80
(xvi.) Vital Statistical Tables—Appendix A 84
It also includes reports for the year 1937 by the specialists in charge of the following departments:—
(a) The Dermatological and Actinotherapeutic Department—Appendix C.
{b) The Eye Department—Appendix D.
(c) The Orthopaedic Department-—Appendix E.
(d) The Ear, Nose and Throat Department—Appendix F.
It also includes various special reports made during the year—Appendices G to Q.
The Report is written in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health and Board
of Education.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The estimated population of Willesden at Midsummer 1937, was 203,385.
3,058 live births were registered during 1937, giving a birth rate of 15.04 per 1,000 of the
population, as against 14.00 in 1936. 100 still births were registered, giving a still birth rate of 31.67
per 1,000 total live and still births.
1,979 deaths were registered in 1937, giving a death rate of 9.73 per 1,000 of the population.
These figures compare with a total number of deaths of 2,113 and a death-rate of 10.43 in 1936.
The infantile mortality rate for the year 1937 was 64.42 per 1,000 births. Altogether 197
children under one year of age died in 1937.