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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE 2
New Cases and Deaths by Age Groups
| Age groups | New cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-respiratory | Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||||
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Under 1 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 to 5 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 to 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 10 to 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 to 20 | 5 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 to 25 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| 25 to 35 | 26 | 30 | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 35 to 45 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — |
| 45 to 55 | 19 | 8 | — | 1 | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| 55 to 65 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 65 and upwards | 12 | 5 | — | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 120 | 109 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
TABLE 3
Respiratory Tuberculosis England and Wales, 1% Sample Standardised Mortality Ratios of Men aged 20-64 by Cause and Social Class, 1950
| Social class | I | II | III | IV | V |
| 64 | 62 | 103 | 95 | 149 |
TABLE 4
1952-1954: Deaths and Cases by Wards
| Ward | Pulmonary Cases | Non-Pulmonary Cases | Pulmonary Rate | Combined Rate | All Forms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Rate | |||||
| Carlton | 84 | 8 | 2.233 | 2.446 | 11 | 0.292 |
| Kilburn | 54 | 11 | 1.307 | 1.573 | 12 | 0.290 |
| Brondesbury Park | 41 | 6 | 1.075 | 1.232 | 7 | 0.183 |
| Kensal Rise | 29 | 6 | 0.834 | 1.007 | 5 | 0.144 |
| Manor | 35 | 4 | 0.859 | 0.957 | 7 | 0.172 |
| Harlesden | 52 | 12 | 1.208 | 1.487 | 8 | 0.186 |
| Stonebridge | 45 | 5 | 1.161 | 1.290 | 7 | 0.181 |
| Roundwood | 52 | 4 | 1.431 | 1.541 | 10 | 0.275 |
| Church End | 44 | 10 | 1.089 | 1.336 | 12 | 0.297 |
| Willesden Green | 55 | 4 | 1.340 | 1.437 | 4 | 0.097 |
| Mapesbury | 69 | 8 | 1.838 | 2.051 | 5 | 0.133 |
| Gladstone | 40 | 3 | 1.142 | 1.228 | 2 | 0.057 |
| Cricklewood | 42 | 6 | 1.175 | 1.342 | 5 | 0.140 |
| Brentwater | 32 | 2 | 0.896 | 0.952 | — | — |
| Whole Borough | 674 | 89 | 1.257 | 1.423 | 95 | 0.177 |