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Willesden 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden, UDC]

Published
1899
Pages
80
Tables
34

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    TABLE No. 1. CASES TINDER TREATMENT.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Other DiseasesTotal.
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    WARDS AND OTHER DISTRICTS FROM WHICH CASES WERE ADMITTED.
    Wards.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Other Diseases.Total.
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    The ages at which they were admitted were:—
    Males.Females.Total.
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    There were 61 deaths during the year from the following causes: —
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 3. DEATHS DISTRIBUTED TO THE VARIOUS LOCALITIES FROM WHICH THEY CAME.
    Wards, &c.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Other Diseases.Total.
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    The admissions during the last three years have been as follows :—
    1896.1897.1898.
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    The following figures give the rate per cent. of cases admitted for the different diseases in
    1896.1897.1898.
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    The following table gives some details with regard to ages.
    Under 1 year.From 1 to 2 years.From 2 to 6 years.From 6 to 10 years.Over 10 years.Total.
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    CASES OF DIPHTHERIA TREATED WITHOUT SERUM.
    Under 1 year.From 1 to 2 years.From 2 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Above 10 years.Total.
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    Feeling the great importance and the advantage it would be to be able to make bacteriological examinations of the mucous from the throat, I received sanction from the Council to purchase the necessary appliances.
    £s.d.
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    EXPENSES.
    1896.1897.1898.
    £s.d.£8.d.£s.d.
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    POPULATION.—TABLE No. 1.
    Houses and Population at Census 1891.Houses and Population at Middle of 1898.Area in Acres.Average Number of Population per Acre.
    Houses added since Census, less 5 per cent. for Empties.Increase of Population since Census.Total Houses Occupied.Total Population.
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    TABLE No. 2. POPULATION.
    houses.population.
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    TABLE No. 3. MARRIAGES.
    1698.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
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    TABLE No. 4. BIRTHS.
    1898.Boys.Girls.Totals.
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    TABLE No. 5. Births distributed in Wards as follows:—
    WARDS.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.Rate per 1000 of Population.
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    The number of illegitimate children that died was 29. Although shewing a very high rate of mortality compared to the general infant death rate, it was very much less than the average of the previous four years.
    Born.Died.Average per cent.Certified.Not Certified.Inquests.
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    There were 28 deaths not certified, and in which no inquests were held.
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    I again made application to the Secretary of Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Charity, and having received permission to count the number of cases, the following information was obtained as to the number of women who went from the Parish to be confined.
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    Forty-six inquests have been held, the verdicts being:—
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    TABLE No. 6. SUMMARY OF DEATHS.
    No. of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 7. TABLE OF DEATHS daring the year 1898, in the Willesden Urban District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    WARDS.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under 5 years of age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 6.5 and under 15.16 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.MembraneousCroupFivers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric ortypboidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    TABLE No. 8. Table of Population, Births, and of New Gases of Infectious Sickness coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the Year 1898 in the Willesden Urban District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    WARDS.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Totals.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.Total.
    Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1898.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.|Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membraneous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Other Diseases.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    TABLE No. 9. ZYMOTIC MORTALITY DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.
    1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897. 1898.Rate for the Country Generally.
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    VACCINATION RETURNS.
    No. of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Dead.Conscientious Objections.Postponed by Doctor.Removed to other Vaccination Official Districts.Gone Away.Unvaccinated.
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    NOTIFICATIONS.
    1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.
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    TABLE No. 10.
    WARDS.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Cholera Nostras.TOTAL.
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    The total cost of same was as under:—
    £s.d.
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    TABLE No. 1.
    INSPECTIONS :—
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    TABLE No. 2.
    SCHOOLS:—
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    TABLE No. 4.
    DISINFECTION :-
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    SUMMARY OF SYSTEMATIC INSPECTIONS, 1898.
    LOCALITY.Defective Water Supply to W.C.Choked Drains.Defective and Foul W.C.'sDefective Traps.Offensive Accumulations.Cisterns (dirty and uncovered).Dilapidated Ash Pits.Dilapidated Guttering and Rain Water Pipes.Dirty Rooms and Passages.Dilapidated Yard Paving.Leaky Roofs.Damp Walls.Waste Pipes in Drains.Overcrowding.Total number of Houses.