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Willesden 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF AREA.
Population, 1950 181,700
Population Census, 1931 184,434
Pre-war population, 1938 187,600
Area of the district in acres 4,634-5 acres
Number of inhabited houses 43,286
Rateable value £1,639,484
General rate for the year 17s. 6d.
Product of a Id. rate £6,773
VITAL STATISTICS.
| Live Births : | Total | Male | Female | Willesden Borough Council | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 2564 | 1297 | 1267 | Birth rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population. | |||
| Illegitimate | 171 | 91 | 80 | ||||
| Total | 2735 | 1388 | 1347 | 1505 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | |||||||
| Still births | 63 | 26 | 37 | 22.52 | |||
| Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population. | |||||||
| Deaths | 1775 | 933 | 842 | 9.77 | |||
| Death Rate of Infants Under One Year of Age : All infants per 1,000 live births | 22.67 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 22.23 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 35.09 | ||||||
| Death Rate of Infants Under Four Weeks of Age : All infants per 1,000 live births | 13.16 | ||||||
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 12.88 | ||||||
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 17.54 | ||||||
| Maternal Mortality : Deaths from puerperal causes— Puerperal sepsis | Nil per 1,000 registered total births | ||||||
| Other puerperal causes | |||||||
| Other maternal causes | 2 | ||||||
| Total maternal mortality rate | 73 per 1,000 registered live births | ||||||
| Deaths from : | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Cancer (all ages) | 179 | 148 | 327 | ||||
| Measles (all ages) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Whooping cough (all ages) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | - | - | - | ||||