Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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1. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | - | - | - |
2. | Cerebro-spinal Fever | - | 1 | 1 |
3. | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - |
4. | Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
5. | Diphtheria | - | - | - |
6. | Tuberculosis (Respiratory) | 48 | 18 | 66 |
7. | Tuberculosis (other forms) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
8. | Syphilitic Diseases | 9 | 7 | 16 |
9. | Influenza | 10 | 5 | 15 |
10. | Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 |
11. | Acute Poliomyelitis : Polio Encephalitis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
12. | Acute Infectious Encephalitis | - | - | - |
13. | Cancer of Buccal Cavity and (Esophagous | 15 | 20 | 35 |
14. | Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum | 23 | 26 | 49 |
15. | Cancer of Breast | 1 | 32 | 33 |
16. | Cancer of all other sites | 132 | .98 | 230 |
17. | Diabetes | 7 | 5 | 12 |
18. | Intra-Cranial Vascular Lesions | 71 | 112 | 183 |
19. | Heart Disease | 256 | 253 | 509 |
20. | Other Diseases of Circulation | 48 | 65 | 113 |
21. | Bronchitis | 93 | 48 | 141 |
22. | Pneumonia | 41 | 45 | 86 |
23. | Other Respiratory Diseases | 12 | 18 | 30 |
24. | Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 12 | 8 | 20 |
25. | Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 3 | - | 3 |
26. | Appendicitis | 1 | 4 | 5 |
27. | Other Digestive Disorders | 18 | 23 | 41 |
28. | Nephritis | 19 | 21 | 40 |
29. | Puerperal and Post Abortive Sepsis | - | 2 | 2 |
30. | Other Maternal Causes | - | 1 | 1 |
31. | Premature Birth | 11 | 8 | 19 |
32. | Congenital Malformation : Birth Injury Infantile Disorders | 29 | 13 | 42 |
33. | Suicide | 6 | 8 | 14 |
34. | Road Traffic Accidents | 10 | 4 | 14 |
35. | Other Violent Causes | 20 | 22 | 42 |
36. | All other Causes | 47 | 57 | 104 |
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