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BOROUGH OF WILLESDEN
Health Department,
54, Winchester Avenue,
Kilburn, London, N.W.6.
September, 1945.
To the Corporation of Willesden.
I beg to submit herewith the Annual Health Report for Willesden for the year 1944, in accordance with
instructions received from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education that it should be a short report.
VITAL STATISTICS.
2,697 live births were registered.
74 still births were registered.
1,735 deaths were registered.
The infantile mortality rate for the year was 42, being the lowest on record.
114 children under 1 year of age died in 1944.
CANCER.
There were 319 deaths of Willesden residents from Cancer in 1944, as compared with 334 in 1943.
The two Municipal Cancer Clinics were continued throughout the year. 1 new patient attended in 1944.
She was referred to Hospital, where an operation was performed and a diagnosis of intra-canalicular fibro-adenoma
of the breast was made. Her recovery was good. At the end of 1944, 6 patients remained under observation—1 who
had had cancer of the breast was awaiting admission to hospital for an abdominal condition, 2 who had been treated
for cancer of the breast were still under observation at hospital, 2 who had been treated for cancer of the uterus and
1 who had been treated for cancer of the bowel remained well and showed no signs of recurrence. 1 patient who had
been treated for cancer of the breast did not desire further following up and was removed from observation.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
During the year 1944, 1,856 cases of infectious diseases were notified, as compared with 2,738 in the previous
year.
The following table gives the number of notifications of certain diseases included in the above total of 1,856
together with the corresponding figures for 1943:—

Diphtheria Immunisation.— The number of children who have completed a full course of immunisation
since 1941 under the Council's scheme is as follows :—

The approximate estimated number of children in Willesden at 31st December, 1944, was 10,700 under
5 years of age and 13,530 between 5 and 15 years of age. It was estimated that 62 per cent. of those under 5 years
and 54 per cent. of those between 5 and 15 years had been immunised at 31st December, 1944.