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Town Hall,
Dyne Road, Kilburn, London, N.W. 6.
1st May, 1939.
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 1938. This
Report includes:-
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(i.) The Health and Sanitary Condition of the District—63rd Annual Report 16
(ii.) Health of Children attending the Public Elementary Schools—31st Annual Report 30
(iii.) School and Maternity and Child Welfare Work—Certain Statistical Data 35
(iv.) Abnormal Children—5th Annual Report 40
(v.) Nursery Classes—8th Annual Report 48
(vi.) Health of Pupils attending Secondary and Technical Schools—19th Annual
Report 49
(vii.) Dental Work in connection with School Children, Expectant and Nursing Mothers,
and Children under 5 years—21st Annual Report 54
(viii.) Provision of Meals to Children attending Public Elementary Schools—24th
Annual Report 59
(ix.) Supervision of Midwives—9th Annual Report 61
(x.) Registration of Nursing Homes—9th Annual Report 67
(xi.) Child Life Protection—9th Annual Report 68
(xii.) Home Nursing—19th Annual Report 70
(xiii.) The Municipal Hospital—47th Annual Report 72
(xiv.) The Maternity Hospital—8th Annual Report 78
(xv.) Ambulance Service—24th Annual Report 80
(xvi.) Vital Statistical Tables—Appendix A 84
It also includes reports for the year 1938 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 U.
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, 1938, was 203,734.
2,968 live births were registered during 1938, giving a birth rate of 14.57 per 1,000 of the
population, as against 15.04 in 1937. 101 still births were registered, giving a still birth rate of
32.91 per 1,000 total live and still births.
1,841 deaths were registered in 1938, giving a death rate of 9.04 per 1,000 of the population.
These figures compare with a total number of deaths of 1,979 and a death-rate of 9.73 in 1937.
The infantile mortality rate for the year 1938 was 53.91 per 1,000 births. 160 children
under one year of age died in 1938.