[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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VITAL STATISTICS

Registered live births:	Male	Female	Total

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403 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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The Orders now in operation are as follows:—

Area No.	Date of operation	Acreage	No. of dwellings	No. of other premises

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No. of old people using the laundry service

On register 1.1.61	New cases	Died	Admitted to hospital	Recommenced after discharge from hospital	Discontinued	On register 31.12.61

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Inquests held on Willesden residents

AT	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961

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TABLES Table 1 DEATHS Causes:

		Males	Females	Total

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Infant Mortality 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 1959-61	Rate 1959-61
Ward	1959	1960	1961	Total 1959-61	Rate 1959-61

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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		1956-1960		1961
	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1956-1960		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 —228

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

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Ice cream examinations —12

Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	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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Table 13 Infectious diseases

	1961 (1960 in brackets)
	Notified		Confirmed		Deaths

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Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases : 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 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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Table 16 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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Bronchitis: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 population

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Table 18 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 Population

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Table 19 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 20 Tuberculosis 1961: Cases by Wards

Ward	Pulmonary cases	Non-pulmonary cases	Pulmonary rate per 100,000	Combined rate per 100,000

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Table 22 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1961

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

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Table 23 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1961

	No. tested and found negative	No. vaccinated

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Table 24 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1956-61

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Table 27 New Dwellings, 1961

	Houses	Flats	Rebuilds

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Table 30 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises

	1961		1960
	No. inspected	Inspections made	No. inspected	Inspections made

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Table 31 Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair

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Table 32 Summary of nuisances abated and of improvements effected Water supply and water service

	1961	1960

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DISINFESTATION Table 33

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Table 34 Types of food premises

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Table 36 Food premises: Defects remedied

Defects	Outstanding at 31.12.60	Found during the year	Total	Remedied during year	Outstanding at 31.12.61

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Table 37 Food premises: Registration

	Premises on register 31.12.60	Applications received	Applications granted	Applications refused	Premises removed from register during 1961	Total on register at 31.12.61

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Table 38 Food unfit for human consumption

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Table 39 Food: Samples taken

Article	No. of samples	Unsatisfactory

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FACTORIES Table 40 On register and inspections

	No. on register	Inspections	Written notices

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Table 41 Defects found

	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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Table 42 Outworkers

Nature of work	No. of outworkers in August list	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served

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CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Table 43 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 44 Births Hospital and domiciliary

	1961	1960

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Table 45 Mothercraft

Clinic	Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 46 Relaxation Classes

Clinic	Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 47 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 48 Midwives' Clinics

	Sessions	New Cases	Total attendances	Average attendance

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Table 49 Midwives-Administration of analgesics

	Domiciliary midwives employed by local health authority

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Table 50 Domiciliary Births

Attended by midwives				Visits	Domiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 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

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Table 51 Medical Aid

	1961	1960

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Medical Aid

For Mother		For Child

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HEALTH VISITING Table 52 Visits made by Health Visitors

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

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Table 53 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:-

Care of children	Care of elderly persons	Ante-Natal care	Home help	Family care	Housing

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Table 54 Establishment: Health Visitors

	Whole-time equivalent as at:
	31.12.60	31.12.61

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HOME NURSING Table 55 Work: Home Nurses

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

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Table 56 Establishment: Home Nurses

Nurses	1.1.61	31.12.61

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SMALLPOX Table 57 Vaccination

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

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IMMUNISATION Table 58

Year of birth	Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation.						Number of children who received a secondary (reinforcing) injection.
Year of birth	Diphtheria only	Whooping cough only	Tetanus only	Combined diphtheria and whooping cough	Combined diphtheria and tetanus	Combined diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough	Diphtheria only	Whooping cough only	Tetanus only	Combined diphtheria and whooping cough	Combined diphtheria and tetanus	Combined diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough

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HOME HELPS Table 59 Cases: Home Helps

	Cases receiving help at		No. of new cases helped during		No. of cases receiving help at
	1.1.61	1.1.60	1961	1960	31.12.61	31.12.60

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Table 60 Staff: Home Helps

	Position at		Appointments during		Resignations during		Position at
	1.1.61	1.1.60	1961	1960	1961	1960	31.12.61	31.12.60

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DAY NURSERIES Table 61 Day Nurseries: Attendances

Nursery	Approved places		Children on register at 31.12.61		Attendances for the year		Average daily attendances
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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Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Nursery	Measles	Chicken Pox	German Measles

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Day Nurseries: Waiting List Position at:-

Nursery	1.1.61	31.12.61

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Table 64 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Nursery	Unsupported Mothers	Medical reasons	Bad Housing	Total on Register

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Table 65 Day Nurseries: Staff

	Establishment	Position at:
	Establishment	31.12.61	31.12.60

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

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

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

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

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Table 68 Defects Found by Medical Inspection

				Periodic inspections								Special inspections
				Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total		Special inspections
				(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)

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Table 69 Treatments: School Health Service

	Number of cases known to have been dealt with

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Table 73 Speech Therapy

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

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Table 74 Infestation with Vermin

	1961	1960

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Table 75 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 31.12.61

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Table 76 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944-Section 57

	1961	1960

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Table 77 Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ended 31st December, 1961)

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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CHILD GUIDANCE Table 78

Waiting list at 1.1.1961	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 31.12.1961

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Table 79

Main Symptoms	Cases

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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Table 80 Inspection and Treatment

	Inspected		Required Treatment		Referred for Treatment
	1961	1960	1961	1960	1961	1960

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(b) Treatment

	1961	1960

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PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE Table 81

	Expectant and Nursing Mothers		Children under 5
	1961	1960	1961	1960

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Table 82 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

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

The Orders now in operation are as follows:—

No. of old people using the laundry service

Inquests held on Willesden residents

TABLES Table 1 DEATHS Causes:

Infant Mortality 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 —228

Ice cream examinations —12

Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

Table 12 Mothercraft

Table 13 Infectious diseases

Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases : Willesden and England and Wales

Table 15 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Table 16 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Bronchitis: Deaths

Table 18 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths

Table 19 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Table 20 Tuberculosis 1961: Cases by Wards

Table 22 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1961

Table 23 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1961

Table 24 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

Table 27 New Dwellings, 1961

Table 30 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises

Table 31 Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair

Table 32 Summary of nuisances abated and of improvements effected Water supply and water service

DISINFESTATION Table 33

Table 34 Types of food premises

Table 36 Food premises: Defects remedied

Table 37 Food premises: Registration

Table 38 Food unfit for human consumption

Table 39 Food: Samples taken

FACTORIES Table 40 On register and inspections

Table 41 Defects found

Table 42 Outworkers

CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Table 43 Ante-natal Clinics

Table 44 Births Hospital and domiciliary

Table 45 Mothercraft

Table 46 Relaxation Classes

Table 47 Child Welfare Clinics

MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 48 Midwives' Clinics

Table 49 Midwives-Administration of analgesics

Table 50 Domiciliary Births

Table 51 Medical Aid

Medical Aid

HEALTH VISITING Table 52 Visits made by Health Visitors

Table 53 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:-

Table 54 Establishment: Health Visitors

HOME NURSING Table 55 Work: Home Nurses

Table 56 Establishment: Home Nurses

SMALLPOX Table 57 Vaccination

IMMUNISATION Table 58

HOME HELPS Table 59 Cases: Home Helps

Table 60 Staff: Home Helps

DAY NURSERIES Table 61 Day Nurseries: Attendances

Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Day Nurseries: Waiting List Position at:-

Table 64 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Table 65 Day Nurseries: Staff

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

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

Table 68 Defects Found by Medical Inspection

Table 69 Treatments: School Health Service

Table 73 Speech Therapy

Table 74 Infestation with Vermin

Table 75 County Council Day Special Schools - Admissions