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Willesden 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1945
Pages
28
Tables
28

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28 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    Table No. 1.
    Number of Cases Notified.No. of Notified Cases Confirmed.
    194319441944
  • Page 2
    Table No. 2.
    Children under 5 years.Children 5 years of age and over but under 15 years.Total.
  • Page 4
    Table No. 3. Number of Cases of Tuberculosis on Register at end of Year.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 4
    Table No. 4.
    Health Centre Attendances.
    Total attendances of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years of age.Attendances of Expectant Mothers at Ante-Natal Clinics only.
  • Page 4
    Table No. 5.—Applications for Booking Refused.
  • Page 5
    The following table shows the domiciliary and institutional confinements:— Table No. 6.
    Years.Domiciliary Births attended by Midwives.Domiciliary Births attended by Doctors.Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.Total Births notified. (Note—Notified not registered.)
  • Page 8
    Table No. 7.
    Number Inspected.Number Nitty or Verminous.Percentage Nitty or Verminous.
  • Page 8
    Table No. 8. Medical and Dental Treatment—Attendances at Municipal Health Centres, 1944.
    Condition.Mothers, and Children under Five.Grand Total (Cols. 7 and 8).
    Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under Five.Total (Cols. 2—5).School Children.
    0—1.1—5.Total (Cols. 4 and 5).
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)
  • Page 9
    Continued from previous page...
    (1)Kilburn Health Centre.Willesden HealthCentre.Stonebridge HealthCentre.
    Mothers and Children under Five. (2)School Children. (3)Total. (4)Mothers and Children under Five. (5)School Children. (6)Total. (7)Mothers and Children under Five. (8)School Children. (9)Total. (10)Grand Total. (11)
  • Page 9
    Table No. 9. Showing Attendances at the Municipal Health Centres each year since 1913.
    Year.Mothers and Children under 5 years.School Children.Total.School for Mothers.Nursery.Miscellaneous.Grand Total.
    Medical.Dental.Total.Medical.Dental.Total.
  • Page 9
    Table No. 10. Number of Individual Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children who Attended the Municipal Health Centres in 1944.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 11. Treatment of Scabies and Lice at the Treatment Clinic and Health Centres, 1944.
    No. of New Cases Treated.Total No. of Attendances Made.
    For Scabies.For Lice and Nits.Total.For Scabies.For Lice and Nits.Total.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 12. Percentage of Children examined found Unclean at Routine Cleanliness Inspections.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 13. Percentage of Individual Children examined found Unclean at Routine Cleanliness Inspections.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 14. Total Number of Individual School Children Cleansed at the Authority's Clinics.
  • Page 10
    Table No. 15. Number of Cases of Scabies amongst School Children Treated at the Authority's Clinics.
  • Page 11
    Table No. 16. Attendances of Adults at the Authority's Clinics for Cleansing and Scabies.
    Number Treated.Attendances.
    Scabies.Lice and Nits.Total.Scabies.Lice and Nits.Total.
    Men.Women.Men.Women.
  • Page 12
    Comparison of some of the clinic figures for 1939 and 1944 is interesting and the following 3 headings are worth noting :—
    No. referred in 1939.No. referred in 1944.As per cent. examined in 1939.in 1944.
  • Page 13
    Table No. 17. Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1944.
  • Page 13
    Table No. 18.
    From Willesden.From Acton.Total.
  • Page 14
    The following table compares the admissions during the past 25 years with the present year:—
    Total Admissions.Average Admissions per annum.Total Deaths.Average No. of Deaths per annum
  • Page 16
    Table No. 19.
    Diseases.No. in Hospital on 1-1-44.Admitted.Total under Treatment.Discharged Recovered, or Transferred.Died.Mortality per cent.Remaining in hospital on 31-12-44
  • Page 16
    Laboratory. Table No. 20.
    Nature of Examination.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total.
  • Page 17
    Table No. 21. Sources of Specimens Examined.
  • Page 17
    Table No. 22. Statistical Details of the 1,014 Cases dealt with during 1944.
  • Page 20
    The following table shows in 5-yearly periods, beginning 1915, the total number of live births, the total number of illegitimate live births, and the illegitimate birth-rate per 1,000 total live births:—
    Period.Total Live Births.Illegitimate Live BirthsIllegitimate Birth-Rate per 1,000 Total Live Births.
  • Page 24
    The following table given in the White Paper shows the total cost of the scheme to public funds and the proportion to which that cost might be borne by ratepayers and central funds:—
    Service.Cost Met from Central Funds.Cost Falling on Ratepayers.Total Cost to Public Funds.
    (a) By Direct Grants or Payments.0b) By Grants in Aid of Rates or Precepts.Total Cost from Central Funds.
    £m.£m.£m.£m.£m.
  • Page 24
    Again ignoring the effect of the block grant, the corresponding table for the incomplete services in 1938-39 would be approximately :
    £m.