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trict council as a debt by the county council, and
any excess above the sum so prescribed shall be
borne by the district council as part of their ordinary
expenses. The provisions of this section shall apply
to the administrative county of London in like
manner as if each metropolitan borough were a
county district and the borough council were the
district council of that district."
The number of midwives practising in Willesden at
the end of 1912 was 24, according to the report of the County
Medical Officer.
2. Ante=natal Arrangements.
(1) Ante=natal clinic for expectant mothers.
It is somewhat difficult to estimate the necessary provision
in respect of this matter, but it may be assumed that
very largely this clinc would apply to women bearing
children for the first time.
Having regard to the fact that a number of marriages
are sterile, and that in a number of first births the marriages
occurred outside Willesden, the total number of marriages
occurring in Willesden per annum may be taken as
the number of first births per annum, as shown in the following
Table:—