[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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VITAL STATISTICS

Registered Live Births:	Male	Female	Total	Willesden Borough Council

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Swimming Baths 190 samples were taken, 8 of which were unsatisfactory (see Public Health Laboratory Service, page 5).

Swimming bath	Samples taken	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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No. of old people using laundry service

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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Inquests held on Willesden residents

	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958

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TABLES Table 1 DEATHS

Causes:		Males	Females	Total

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Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales

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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Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Ward	Number of deaths			Total 1956-58	Rate 1956-58
Ward	1956	1957	1958	Total 1956-58	Rate 1956-58

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Table 4 Deaths by Social Class

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Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1951-1955		1958
	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1951-1955		Deaths			Rate
	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Neonatal	1-12 months	Total	Rate

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Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)

Year	Births in home	Births in hospital	Home births transferred to hospital	Total

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Table 7 Premature births by wards

Ward	Premature births notified Percentage of live births in brackets

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Table 8 Infant Mortality: Congenital Malformations

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Table 9 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations— 271

	Schools (pasteurised)	Dealers' premises			Total
	Schools (pasteurised)	Pasteurised	T.T. pasteurised	Sterilised	Total

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Ice cream examinations —22

Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Total

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Water examinations—215

	Domestic supplies		Swimming pools	Paddling pool	Total

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Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

	New cases treated			Attendances
	Scabies	Lice and nits	Total	Scabies	Lice and nits	Total

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HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

	No. visited	Total No. of talks	Subjects	Total attendances	No. of attendances

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Table 12 Mothercraft

No. of clinics	Total No. of classes	Visits by health visitors

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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Table 13 Infectious diseases

	1958 (1957 in brackets)
	Notified		Confirmed		Deaths

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Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales

Year	Cases confirmed		Case rate per 1,000 population		Children vaccinated in Willesden
Year	Willesden	England & Wales	Willesden	England & Wales	Children vaccinated in Willesden

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Table 15 Poliomyelitis

	0—15 years	15 years and over	Total

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Table 16 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Year	Population	New cases			Deaths			Cases on register
Year	Population	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms

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Tablb 17 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Year	Population	New cases Rate per 100,000 population			Deaths Rate per 100,000 population
Year	Population	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms

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Table 18 Bronchitis: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 population

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Table 19 Malignant neoplasms lung and bronchus: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 Population

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Table 20 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Age groups	New cases
	Respiratory		Non-respiratory
	Male	Female	Male	Female

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Table 21 Tuberculosis 1958: Cases by wards

Ward	Pulmonary cases	Non-pulmonary cases	Pulmonary rate per 1,000	Combined rate per 1,000

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Table 22 Tuberculosis 1956—1958: Cases by wards

Ward	Pulmonary cases	Non- pulmonary cases	Pulmonary rate per 1,000	Combined rate per 1,000

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Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1958

	Children under 5 years			School children (5 years)			School leavers
	Tested	Positive	% Positive	Tested	Positive	% Positive	Tested	Positive	% Positive

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Table 24 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1958

	No. tested and found negative	No. vaccinated

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Table 25 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1953-58

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Table 28 New Dwellings, 1958

	Houses	Flats	Rebuilds

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Table 29 Housing Defects

	1958	1957

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Table 30 Notices served under Public Health Act, 1936 and Housing Act, 1957

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Table 32 Rent Act, 1957 Derequisitioned houses

Houses inspected	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory houses
Houses inspected	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Defects remedied following service of Form G	Undertakings by landlord (Form H)	Applications for Certificates of Disrepair (Form I)

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Table 33 Summary of nuisances abated and of improvements effected Water supply and Water service

	1958	1957

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Table 34 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Factories

	1958		1957
	No. inspected	Inspections made	No. inspected	Inspections made

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Table 35 Other inspections

	1958	1957

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CLEAN AIR Table 36 Monthly deposits in tons per square mile

Power Station	Acton Lane		Taylors Lane		Neasden
Site	Barretts Green Road	Minet Gardens	Ascot Park	Neasden Lane	Press Road	Wembley Trading Estate	Town Hall

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Table 37 Examination of sulphur by lead peroxide method (milligrams of SO 3 per day per 100 square centimetres)

Site	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December

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Table 41 Food premises: Defects remedied

Defects	Outstanding at 31.12.57	Found during the year	Total	Remedied during year	Outstanding at 31.12.58

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Table 42 Food premises: Registration

	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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Table 44 Food: Samples taken

Article	No. of samples	Unsatisfactory

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FACTORIES Table 46 On register

Type of factory	On register 1.1.58	Added to register	Deleted from register	Totals at 31.12.58

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Table 47 Factories inspected, defects found, and action taken

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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Non-power factories: Details of defects

	During 1958	Outstanding from 1957	Remedied during 1958	Outstanding at 31.12.58

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Power factories: Details of defects of sanitary accommodation

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Table 48 Outworkers and homeworkers

Premises inspected	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory and notice served	Remedied

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Table 49 Ante-natal Clinics

Clinic		Sessions	New cases		Attendances		Average attendance per session
Clinic		Sessions	Antenatal	Postnatal	Antenatal	Postnatal	Average attendance per session

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Table 50 Births Hospital and Domiciliary

	1958	1957

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Table 51 Mothercraft

Clinic		Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 52 Relaxation Classes

Clinic		Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 53 Child Welfare Clinics

Clinic	Sessions	First attendances (Under 1 year)	Attendances			Total attendances	Seen by doctor	Average attendance per session
			Under 1 year	1—2 years	2—5 years

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MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 54 Midwives' Clinics

	Sessions	New Cases	Total attendances	Average attendance

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Table 55 Midwives—Administration of gas and air analgesia

		Domiciliary midwives employed by local health authority

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Table 56 Domiciliary Births

Attended by midwives				Visits made to mothers discharged from hospitals before 14th day
Dr. not booked		Dr. booked
Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery	Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery
Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery	Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery	Mothers	Visits

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Table 57 Medical Aid

	1958	1957

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HEALTH VISITING Table 58 Visits made by Health Visitors

Year	Expectant Mothers		Children under 1 year		Children 1—2 years	Children 2—5 years	Tuberculosis Households	General
	First	Total	First	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total as health visitor	Total as school nurse

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Table 59 Cases referred by General Practitioners for: —

Care of children	Elderly persons	General advice	Hospital admission	Home help	Welfare foods	Others	Total

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Table 60 Establishment: Health Visitors

	Whole time equivalent as at:
	31.12.57	31.12.58

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HOME NURSING Table 61 Work: Home Nurses

		New Cases		Visits	Cases on register at end of year
		Male	Female		Male	Female

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Table 62 Establishment: Home Nurses

Nurses	1.1.58	31.12.58

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SMALLPOX Table 63 Vaccination

		Under 1 year	1 year	2—4 years	5—14 years	15 years and over	Total

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DIPHTHERIA Table 64 Immunisation

Age at 31.12.58	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5—9	10—14	Totals

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Table 65

Class	No. who had received two injections

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HOME HELPS Table 66 Cases: Home Helps

	Cases receiving help at		No. of new cases helped during		No. of cases receiving help at
	1.1.58	1.1.57	1958	1957	31.12.58	31.12.57

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Table 67 Staff: Home Helps

	Position at		Appointments during		Resignations during		Position at
	1.1.58	1.1.57	1958	1957	1958	1957	31.12.58	31.12.57

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DAY NURSERIES Table 68 ay Nurseries: Attendances

Day Nursery		Approved places		Children on register at 31.12.58		Attendances for the year		Average daily attendances
Day Nursery		0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years

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Table 69 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Nursery	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Chicken Pox	Dysentery	Mumps	German Measles

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Table 70 Day Nurseries Waiting List Quarter ended

Nursery	31.3.58	30.6.58	30.9.58	31.12.58

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Table 71 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Nursery	Unsupported Mothers	Medical reasons	Bad Housing	Total on Register

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Table 72 Day Nursery Staff Establishment

	Establishment	Position as at:
	Establishment	31.12.57	31.12.58

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Table 73 Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary Schools and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)

Year of birth	Number of pupils inspected	Physical condition of pupils inspected
		Satisfactory		Unsatisfactory
		Number	% of column 2	Number	% of column 2
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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Table 74 Individual Pupils found at periodical Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

Year of birth	For defective vision (Excluding squint)	For any of the other conditions in table	Total individual pupils
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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Table 75 Defects Found by Medical Inspection

Defect or disease	Periodic inspections								Special inspections
Defect or disease	Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total		Special inspections
*	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)

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Table 76 Treatments: School Health Service

	Number of cases known to have been dealt with

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Table 77 Pupils found at periodic medical inspection who have undergone tonsillectomy

Year of birth	Number of pupils inspected		Number who have undergone tonsillectomy at any time		Percentage of those inspected found to have had tonsillectomy
Year of birth	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls

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Table 78 Orthoptics— Cases seen at Pound Lane Clinic

Total No. of cases seen	No. of new cases	Placed on operation waiting list	Discharged cured		Failed to attend
Total No. of cases seen	No. of new cases	Placed on operation waiting list	Orthoptic	Cosmetic	Failed to attend

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Table 79 Audiometry: Children Tested

Year	Total tested	Absentees	Failure			Total
			Both ears	One ear
			Both ears	L.	R.

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Table 80 Summary of Failures to pass Audiometer Test

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Table 81 Speech Therapy

Clinic or School		No. of cases dealt with during the year

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Table 82 Infestation with Vermin

	1958	1957

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Table 83 Employment of Children and Young Persons

	1958	1957

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Table 84 Medical Examination of Teachers

	1958	1957

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Table 85 Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ended 31st December, 1958) Ascertainment Distribution (as at last day of Year)

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
	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.	B.	G.

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Table 86 County Council Day Special Schools — Admissions

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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Table 87 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944 — Sections 57 (3), 57 (4) and 57 (5)

	1958	1957

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CHILD GUIDANCE Table 88

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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Table 89

Main Symptoms	Cases

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RHEUMATISM Table 90 Clinic—Attendances

Total attendances	History of rheumatism	Dampness in home	Social Groups IV and V

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Table 91 Rheumatism Treatment

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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Table 92 Inspection and Treatment (a) Inspection

Age Groups	Inspected		Required Treatment			Referred for Treatment
Age Groups	1958	1957	1958		1957	1958	1957

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(b) Treatment

	1958	1957

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PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE Table 93

	Expectant Mothers		Nursing Mothers		Children under 5
	1958	1957	1958	1957	1958	1957

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Table 94 Chiropody—Defects

Condition	Expectant and Nursing Mothers	Boys		Girls		Total
Condition	Expectant and Nursing Mothers	0—5 yrs.	School	0—5 yrs.	School	Total

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VITAL STATISTICS

Swimming Baths 190 samples were taken, 8 of which were unsatisfactory (see Public Health Laboratory Service, page 5).

No. of old people using laundry service

Inquests held on Willesden residents

TABLES Table 1 DEATHS

Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales

Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Table 4 Deaths by Social Class

Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)

Table 7 Premature births by wards

Table 8 Infant Mortality: Congenital Malformations

Table 9 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations— 271

Ice cream examinations —22

Water examinations—215

Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

Table 12 Mothercraft

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Table 13 Infectious diseases

Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales

Table 15 Poliomyelitis

Table 16 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Tablb 17 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Table 18 Bronchitis: Deaths

Table 19 Malignant neoplasms lung and bronchus: Deaths

Table 20 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Table 21 Tuberculosis 1958: Cases by wards

Table 22 Tuberculosis 1956—1958: Cases by wards

Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1958

Table 24 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1958

Table 25 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

Table 28 New Dwellings, 1958

Table 29 Housing Defects

Table 30 Notices served under Public Health Act, 1936 and Housing Act, 1957

Table 32 Rent Act, 1957 Derequisitioned houses

Table 33 Summary of nuisances abated and of improvements effected Water supply and Water service

Table 34 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Factories

Table 35 Other inspections

CLEAN AIR Table 36 Monthly deposits in tons per square mile

Table 37 Examination of sulphur by lead peroxide method (milligrams of SO 3 per day per 100 square centimetres)

Table 41 Food premises: Defects remedied

Table 42 Food premises: Registration

Table 44 Food: Samples taken

FACTORIES Table 46 On register

Table 47 Factories inspected, defects found, and action taken

Non-power factories: Details of defects

Power factories: Details of defects of sanitary accommodation

Table 48 Outworkers and homeworkers

Table 49 Ante-natal Clinics

Table 50 Births Hospital and Domiciliary

Table 51 Mothercraft

Table 52 Relaxation Classes

Table 53 Child Welfare Clinics

MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 54 Midwives' Clinics

Table 55 Midwives—Administration of gas and air analgesia

Table 56 Domiciliary Births

Table 57 Medical Aid

HEALTH VISITING Table 58 Visits made by Health Visitors

Table 59 Cases referred by General Practitioners for: —

Table 60 Establishment: Health Visitors

HOME NURSING Table 61 Work: Home Nurses

Table 62 Establishment: Home Nurses

SMALLPOX Table 63 Vaccination

DIPHTHERIA Table 64 Immunisation

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HOME HELPS Table 66 Cases: Home Helps

Table 67 Staff: Home Helps

DAY NURSERIES Table 68 ay Nurseries: Attendances

Table 69 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Table 70 Day Nurseries Waiting List Quarter ended

Table 71 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Table 72 Day Nursery Staff Establishment

Table 73 Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary Schools and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)