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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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF AREA
Population estimated, 1957 | |
Population census, 1951 | |
Population census, 1931 | |
Pre-war population, 1938 | |
Area of the district in acres | |
Number of inhabited houses (including flats) | |
Rateable value (1st April, 1957) | £2,797,033 |
General rate in the pound for the year 1957/58 | |
Product of a penny rate (estimated) |
VITAL STATISTICS
Registered Live Births: | Male | Female | Total | Willesden Borough Council | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 1,307 | 1,285 | 2,592 | Rate per 1,000 (live and still) resident population | ||
Illegitimate | 154 | 130 | 284 | |||
Total | 1,461 | 1,415 | 2,876 | 16.5 | ||
Rate per 1 | ,000 (live a births | nd still) | ||||
Registered Stillbirths: | 28 | 35 | 63 | 21.4 | ||
Death rate per 1,000 estimated resident population | ||||||
Deaths: | 897 | 797 | 1,694 | 9.7 | ||
Death rate of infants under one year of age: | ||||||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 16.7 | |||||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 16.6 | |||||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 17.6 | |||||
Death rate of infants under four weeks of age: | ||||||
All infants per 1,000 live births | 11.8 | |||||
Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 11-6 | |||||
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 141 | |||||
Maternal mortality: | ||||||
Deaths from puerperal causes- | ||||||
Puerperal sepsis | 1 | |||||
Other puerperal causes | ||||||
Other maternal causes | 1 | |||||
Maternity mortality rate | .68 per 1,000 live and still births. | |||||
Deaths from: | Males | Females | Total | |||
Cancer (all ages) | 233 | 172 | 405 | |||
Measles (all ages) | — | — | — | |||
Whooping cough (all ages) | — | 1 | 1 | |||
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | — | — | — |