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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wembley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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(c) Other Hospitals:—
Brocket Hall 11
Bearstead Memorial 4
Wembley 4
Willesden Maternity 2
One at each of the following:—
Perivale Maternity; New Cross, Wolverhampton;
Happyland Maternity, Berks.;
Pembury County, Kent; Manor Emergency,
Somerset; Wellington Maternity, Somerset;
The Grange, High Wycombe 7
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Total 1,086
Five-Year Review.
| Year. | Total No. of births notified. | No. of births at home. | No. of births in hospital. | No. of births in M.C.C. hospitals (inc. preceding column). | Births in private nursing homes and at private addresses outside Wembley. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 2,037 | 657 | 1,034 | 740 | 346 |
| 32.2% | 50.8% | 36.3% | 17% | ||
| 1944 | 2,018 | 601 | 1,080 | 816 | 337 |
| 29.8% | 53.5% | 40.4% | 16.7% | ||
| 1945 | 1,909 | 542 | 1,068 | 798 | 299 |
| 28.4% | 55.9% | 41.8% | 15.7% | ||
| 1946 | 2,272 | 631 | 1,205 | 909 | 456 |
| 27.8% | 53.0% | 40.0% | 19.2% | ||
| 1947 | 2,264 | 686 | 1,086 | 802 | 492 |
| 30.3% | 48.0% | 35.4% | 21.7% |
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Number of notifications received: 8 (excluding 21 Willesde
Maternity Hospital cases—Willesden residents).
Number of women removed to hospital: 8.
Obstetric Consultant Service.
Consultant called in by private medical practitioners: 10,
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