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Willesden 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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of beds (approximately 50) are available in the chest hospitals of the North-West Metropolitan Regional
Hospital Board. As a result of the improvement in the bed situation and domiciliary treatment, the waiting
list has been reduced to a few days only.
CO-operation
Four meetings were held during the year, when the chest physician, welfare officer, superintendent
of health visitors, midwives and home nurses, home help organiser and chief sanitary inspector were present.
Measures were discussed to help individual cases, together with suggestions for improvements in the scheme
as a whole.
TABLE 1 Notified Cases and Deaths
| Year | Population | New cases (Rates per 1,000 pop. in brackets) | Deaths (Rates per 1,000 pop. in brackets) | Cases on Register | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | ||
| 211 | 47 | 258 | 128 | 16 | 144 | |||||
| 1936 | 190,000 | (1.11) | (.168) | (1.358) | (.673) | (.084) | (.757) | 655 | 152 | 807 |
| 205 | 49 | 254 | 119 | 14 | 133 | |||||
| 1937 | 188,030 | (1.09) | (.261) | (1.351) | (.632) | (.074) | (.707) | 688 | 161 | 849 |
| 210 | 56 | 266 | 117 | 11 | 128 | |||||
| 1938 | 187,600 | (1.119) | (.298) | (1.417) | (.623) | (.058) | (.681) | 691 | 172 | 863 |
| 250 | 37 | 287 | 108 | 12 | 120 | |||||
| 1939 | 188,000 | (1.329) | (.197) | (1.526) | (.574) | (.063) | (.638) | 678 | 166 | 844 |
| 204 | 54 | 258 | 105 | 16 | 121 | |||||
| 1940 | 152,030 | (1.324) | (.355) | (1.697) | (.690) | (.105) | (.795) | 587 | 145 | 732 |
| 217 | 32 | 249 | 79 | 15 | 94 | |||||
| 1941 | 127,230 | (1.705) | (.252) | (1.957) | (.621) | (.117) | (.738) | 575 | 116 | 691 |
| 234 | 47 | 281 | 100 | 15 | 115 | |||||
| 1942 | 138,600 | (1.688) | (.339) | (2.027) | (.721) | (.108) | (.829) | 369 | 133 | 502 |
| 262 | 51 | 313 | 85 | 14 | 99 | |||||
| 1943 | 144,430 | (1.814) | (.353) | (2.167) | (.589) | (.096) | (.685) | 734 | 150 | 884 |
| 210 | 23 | 233 | 84 | 18 | 102 | |||||
| 1944 | 139,510 | (1.505) | (.165) | (1.670) | (.602) | (.129) | (.731) | 815 | 156 | 971 |
| 207 | 45 | 252 | 81 | 16 | 97 | |||||
| 1945 | 161,954 | (1.278) | (.277) | (1.556) | (.500) | (.098) | (.598) | 927 | 172 | 1099 |
| 255 | 34 | 289 | 81 | 15 | 96 | |||||
| 1946 | 170,550 | (1.495) | (.199) | (1.694) | (.475) | (.088) | (.563) | 1067 | 180 | 1247 |
| 253 | 33 | 286 | 76 | 12 | 88 | |||||
| 1947 | 175,900 | (1.438) | (.188) | (1.626) | (.432) | (.068) | (.500) | 1198 | 191 | 1389 |
| 243 | 27 | 270 | 80 | 11 | 91 | |||||
| 1948 | 179,900 | (1.351) | (.150) | (1.501) | (.445) | (.061) | (.506) | 1293 | 196 | 1489 |
| 186 | 22 | 208 | 66 | 9 | 75 | |||||
| 1949 | 181,120 | (1.026) | (.121) | (1.147) | (.364) | (.050) | (.414) | 1386 | 207 | 1593 |
| 229 | 29 | 258 | 51 | 4 | 55 | |||||
| 1950 | 181,700 | (1.260) | (.159) | (1.419) | (.280) | (.022) | (.302) | 1543 | 217 | 1760 |
| 228 | 33 | 261 | 46 | 5 | 51 | |||||
| 1951 | 179,647 | (1.269) | (.184) | (1.453) | (.256) | (.028) | (.284) | 1673 | 239 | 1912 |
| 229 | 27 | 256 | 29 | 4 | 33 | |||||
| 1952 | 180,400 | (1.269) | (.150) | (1.419) | (.161) | (.022) | (.183) | 1803 | 250 | 2053 |
| 216 | 29 | 245 | 24 | 1 | 25 | |||||
| 1953 | 178,500 | (1.210) | (.162) | (1.372) | (.134) | (.006) | (.140) | 1854 | 249 | 2103 |
| 229 | 33 | 262 | 33 | 4 | 37 | |||||
| 1954 | 177,300 | (1.292) | (.186) | (1.478) | (.186) | (.023) | (.209) | 1917 | 267 | 2184 |