London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Willesden 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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1.Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers---
2.Cerebro-spinal Fever-11
3.Scarlet Fever---
4.Whooping Cough---
5.Diphtheria---
6.Tuberculosis (Respiratory)481866
7.Tuberculosis (other forms)369
8.Syphilitic Diseases9716
9.Influenza10515
10.Measles112
11.Acute Poliomyelitis : Polio Encephalitis213
12.Acute Infectious Encephalitis---
13.Cancer of Buccal Cavity and (Esophagous152035
14.Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum232649
15.Cancer of Breast13233
16.Cancer of all other sites132.98230
17.Diabetes7512
18.Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions71112183
19.Heart Disease256253509
20.Other Diseases of Circulation4865113
21.Bronchitis9348141
22.Pneumonia414586
23.Other Respiratory Diseases121830
24.Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum12820
25.Diarrhoea (under 2 years)3-3
26.Appendicitis145
27.Other Digestive Disorders182341
28.Nephritis192140
29.Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis-22
30.Other Maternal Causes-11
31.Premature Birth11819
32.Congenital Malformation : Birth Injury Infantile Disorders291342
33.Suicide6814
34.Road Traffic Accidents10414
35.Other Violent Causes202242
36.All other Causes4757104

WILLESDEN BIRTHS.
Place of Confinement.
1947 1948 1949
Total number of registered Live Births 3,753 3,048 2,817
Number born in Institutions 2,504 2,169 2,177
Percentage born in Institutions 66.72 71.16 77.28
Institutions (i.e., Hospitals, Nursing Homes) where Births Occurred.
Central Middlesex Hospital 731 530 846
Kingsbury Maternity Hospital 1,246 1,098 890
Total 1,977 1,628 1,736
Larger Hospitals outside Willesden 232 256 241
Smaller Hospitals outside Willesden 145 135 144
Nursing Homes 150 150 56
Total 2,504 2,169 2,177
Domiciliary Midwives.
County Midwives 747 509 418
Queen Charlotte's Midwives 149 111 86
Willesden District Nursing Association 210 179 117
Total 1,106 799 621