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Willesden 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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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
1938
187,600
3,027
160
54
53
101
32
38
1946
170,550
3,572
102
29
43
95
26
27
1952
180,400
2,611
62
24
28
66
25
23
1953
178,500
2,655
60
23
27
58
21
22
1954
177,300
2,599
50
19
25
44
17
24
1955
176,000
2,619
53
20
25
61
23
23
1956
174,900
2,681
61
23
24
58
21
23
1957
174,100
2,876
48
17
23
63
21
22
1958
173,100
3,216
69
22
23
55
17
22
1959
172.800
3,384
66
19
22
53
15
21
1960
172.430
3,604
54
15
22
74
20
20
1961
170,030
3,943
68
17
21
74
18
19
1962
171,230
4,255
87
20
21
93
21
18
1963
172,130
4,540
96
21
21
95
20
17
Perinatal mortality 1955 35 per 1,000 live and still births
,, ,, 1 95 6 3 5 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, ,, 1957 32 „ „ „ „ ,, ,, ,,
,, ,, 1958 31 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, ,,1959 27 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, ,, 1960 30 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, ,, 1961 29 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, ,, 1962 34 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
,, ,, 1963 34 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
Table 3
Infant Mortalit: —by Wards
Ward
Number of deaths
Total
1961-63
Rate
1961-63
1961
1962
1963
Carlton
5
3
8
16
18
Kilburn
7
11
6
24
21
Brondesbury Park
8
9
3
20
23
Kensal Rise
3
8
8
19
24
Manor
2
7
10
19
20
Harlesden
10
9
13
32
23
Stonebridge
4
5
5
14
18
Roundwood
6
8
6
20
18
Church End
3
1
5
9
15
Willesden Green
6
11
8
25
22
Mapesbury
6
9
7
22
18
Gladstone
5
4
6
15
22
Cricklewood
2
2
7
11
17
Brentwater
1
—
4
5
10
68
87
96
251
20