Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Brocket Hall | 10 |
Willesden Maternity | 6 |
Bearstead Memorial | 5 |
Perivale | 3 |
Wembley | 2 |
Queen Mary's, Stratford | 1 |
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Total | 1,088 |
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. |
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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 | 436 |
27.8% | 53.0% | 40.0% | 19.2% | ||
1947 | 2,264 | 686 | 1,086 | 802 | 492 |
30.3% | 48.0% | 35.4% | 21.7% | ||
1948 | 1,843 | 457 | 1,088 | 758 | 298 |
24.8% | 59.0% | 41.1% | 16.2% |
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Number of notifications received: 3 (excluding 13 Willesden
Maternity Hospital cases—Willesden residents).
Number of women removed to hospital: 3.
Obstetric Consultant Service.
Consultant called in by private medical practitioners: 4,
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