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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Registered Live Births: | Male | Female | Total | Willesden Borough Council |
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Swimming bath | Samples taken | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory |
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On register 1.1.58 | New Cases | Died | Admitted to hospital | Recommenced after discharge from hospital | On register 31.12.58 |
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1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
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Causes: | Males | Females | Total |
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Year | Population | Registered Births Willesden | Deaths under 1 year Willesden | Infant death rate Willesden | Infant death rate England and Wales | Registered Stillbirths Willesden | Stillbirth rate Willesden | Stillbirth rate England and Wales |
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Ward | Number of deaths | Total 1956-58 | Rate 1956-58 | ||
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1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
1936-1939 | 1940-1945 | 1946-1950 | 1951-1955 | 1958 | ||||||||
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Deaths | Rate | |||||||||||
Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | Neonatal | 1-12 months | Total |
Year | Births in home | Births in hospital | Home births transferred to hospital | Total |
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Ward | Premature births notified Percentage of live births in brackets |
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Schools (pasteurised) | Dealers' premises | Total | |||
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Pasteurised | T.T. pasteurised | Sterilised |
Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Total |
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Domestic supplies | Swimming pools | Paddling pool | Total |
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New cases treated | Attendances | |||||
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Scabies | Lice and nits | Total | Scabies | Lice and nits | Total |
No. visited | Total No. of talks | Subjects | Total attendances | No. of attendances |
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No. of clinics | Total No. of classes | Visits by health visitors |
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1958 (1957 in brackets) | ||||||
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Notified | Confirmed | Deaths |
Year | Cases confirmed | Case rate per 1,000 population | Children vaccinated in Willesden | ||
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Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales |
0—15 years | 15 years and over | Total |
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Year | Population | New cases | Deaths | Cases on register | ||||||
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Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms |
Year | Population | New cases Rate per 100,000 population | Deaths Rate per 100,000 population | ||||
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Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms | Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | All forms |
Year | Males | Females | Total | Rate per 100,000 population |
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Year | Males | Females | Total | Rate per 100,000 Population |
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Age groups | New cases | |||
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Respiratory | Non-respiratory | |||
Male | Female | Male | Female |
Ward | Pulmonary cases | Non-pulmonary cases | Pulmonary rate per 1,000 | Combined rate per 1,000 |
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Ward | Pulmonary cases | Non- pulmonary cases | Pulmonary rate per 1,000 | Combined rate per 1,000 |
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Children under 5 years | School children (5 years) | School leavers | |||||||
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Tested | Positive | % Positive | Tested | Positive | % Positive | Tested | Positive | % Positive |
No. tested and found negative | No. vaccinated |
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1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1953-58 |
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Houses | Flats | Rebuilds |
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1958 | 1957 |
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Houses inspected | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory houses | ||
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Defects remedied following service of Form G | Undertakings by landlord (Form H) | Applications for Certificates of Disrepair (Form I) |
1958 | 1957 |
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1958 | 1957 | |||
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No. inspected | Inspections made | No. inspected | Inspections made |
1958 | 1957 |
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Power Station | Acton Lane | Taylors Lane | Neasden | ||||
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Site | Barretts Green Road | Minet Gardens | Ascot Park | Neasden Lane | Press Road | Wembley Trading Estate | Town Hall |
Site | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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Defects | Outstanding at 31.12.57 | Found during the year | Total | Remedied during year | Outstanding at 31.12.58 |
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Premises on register 31.12.57 | Applications received | Applications granted | Applications refused | Premises removed from register during 1958 | Total on register at 31.12.58 | Inspections made |
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Article | No. of samples | Unsatisfactory |
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Type of factory | On register 1.1.58 | Added to register | Deleted from register | Totals at 31.12.58 |
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Type of factory | Inspected | Total inspections | Total unsatisfactory and informal notice served | Outstanding from 1957 | Made satisfactory 1958 | Outstanding 31.12.58 |
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During 1958 | Outstanding from 1957 | Remedied during 1958 | Outstanding at 31.12.58 |
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Premises inspected | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory and notice served | Remedied |
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Clinic | Sessions | New cases | Attendances | Average attendance per session | |||
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Antenatal | Postnatal | Antenatal | Postnatal |
1958 | 1957 |
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Clinic | Sessions | New cases | Total attendances | Average attendance per session |
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Clinic | Sessions | New cases | Total attendances | Average attendance per session |
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Clinic | Sessions | First attendances (Under 1 year) | Attendances | Total attendances | Seen by doctor | Average attendance per session | ||
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Under 1 year | 1—2 years | 2—5 years |
Sessions | New Cases | Total attendances | Average attendance |
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Domiciliary midwives employed by local health authority |
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Attended by midwives | Visits | Visits made to mothers discharged from hospitals before 14th day | Domiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 14th day | |||||
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Dr. not booked | Dr. booked | |||||||
Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | |||||
Mothers | Visits |
1958 | 1957 |
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Year | Expectant Mothers | Children under 1 year | Children 1—2 years | Children 2—5 years | Tuberculosis Households | General | |||
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First | Total | First | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total as health visitor | Total as school nurse |
Care of children | Elderly persons | General advice | Hospital admission | Home help | Welfare foods | Others | Total |
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Whole time equivalent as at: | ||
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31.12.57 | 31.12.58 |
New Cases | Visits | Cases on register at end of year | ||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female |
Nurses | 1.1.58 | 31.12.58 |
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Under 1 year | 1 year | 2—4 years | 5—14 years | 15 years and over | Total |
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Age at 31.12.58 | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | Totals |
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Class | No. who had received two injections |
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Cases receiving help at | No. of new cases helped during | No. of cases receiving help at | ||||
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1.1.58 | 1.1.57 | 1958 | 1957 | 31.12.58 | 31.12.57 |
Position at | Appointments during | Resignations during | Position at | |||||
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1.1.58 | 1.1.57 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 31.12.58 | 31.12.57 |
Day Nursery | Approved places | Children on register at 31.12.58 | Attendances for the year | Average daily attendances | |||||
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0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years | 0-2 years | 2-5 years |
Nursery | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Chicken Pox | Dysentery | Mumps | German Measles |
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Nursery | 31.3.58 | 30.6.58 | 30.9.58 | 31.12.58 |
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Nursery | Unsupported Mothers | Medical reasons | Bad Housing | Total on Register |
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Establishment | Position as at: | ||
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31.12.57 | 31.12.58 |
Year of birth | Number of pupils inspected | Physical condition of pupils inspected | |||
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Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||||
Number | % of column 2 | Number | % of column 2 | ||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
Year of birth | For defective vision (Excluding squint) | For any of the other conditions in table | Total individual pupils |
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Defect or disease | Periodic inspections | Special inspections | ||||||||
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Entrants | Leavers | Others | Total | |||||||
* | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) | (a) | (b) |
Number of cases known to have been dealt with |
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Year of birth | Number of pupils inspected | Number who have undergone tonsillectomy at any time | Percentage of those inspected found to have had tonsillectomy | |||
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Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls |
Total No. of cases seen | No. of new cases | Placed on operation waiting list | Discharged cured | Failed to attend | |
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Orthoptic | Cosmetic |
Year | Total tested | Absentees | Failure | Total | ||
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Both ears | One ear | |||||
L. | R. |
Clinic or School | No. of cases dealt with during the year |
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1958 | 1957 |
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1958 | 1957 |
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1958 | 1957 |
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Category | No. of ascertained cases known 1st day of Year | No. of New Cases ascertained during year | No. of ascertained Cases known last day of Year | In Special Day Schools | In Special Residential Schools | In Maintained Primary and Secy. Schools | In Independent Schools | Not at School | Total | |||||||||
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B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. | B. | G. |
County District in which Children reside | No. of new recommendations received during the year | No. of children admitted during the year | No. of children on waiting list at 31.12.58 |
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1958 | 1957 |
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Waiting list at 1.1.1958 | Total cases seen by Psychiatrist | New cases seen by Psychiatrist | Other cases seen by Psychiatrist | New cases referred | Cases not requiring to be seen by Psychiatrist | Waiting list at 31.12.1958 |
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Main Symptoms | Cases |
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Total attendances | History of rheumatism | Dampness in home | Social Groups IV and V |
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Age Groups | Inspected | Required Treatment | Referred for Treatment | ||||
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1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 |
1958 | 1957 |
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Expectant Mothers | Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | ||||
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1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 |
Condition | Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Boys | Girls | Total | ||
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0—5 yrs. | School | 0—5 yrs. | School |