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Willesden 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Co-operation with General Practitioners
The Midwives work very closely with the General Practitioners, 181 mothers booked both a
General Practitioner and a County Council Midwife for their confinements and the General Practitioner
was present at 25 of them.
Supervision of Midwives
The Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives inspects Midwives Registers, equipment and drug books
at regular intervals, and supervises the general work of the Midwives. Meetings of the Midwives in the district
are held for discussing their work. The Midwives also meet Health Visitors at the Clinics to discuss
cases and Health Visitors receive written reports from the Midwives on each completed midwifery case.
Midwives Clinics —1953
| No. of Sessions held | No. of New Cases | Total Attendances | Average Attendance per session |
|---|---|---|---|
| 319 | 569 | 3,787 | 11.9 |
Other Mothers' Clinics (a) Mothercraft
| Clinic | No. of Sessions | No. of New Cases | Total Attendances | Average attendance per session | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilburn | 33 | 43 | 271 | 8.2 | |
| Willesden | 40 | 105 | 673 | 16.8 | |
| Stonebridge | 56 | 128 | 889 | 15.9 | |
| Totals | 1953 | 129 | 276 | 1,833 | 14.2 |
| 1952 | 85 | 190 | 1,218 | 14.3 | |
| 1951 | 124 | 181 | 764 | 6.2 | |
| 1950 | 48 | 77 | 529 | 11.0 | |
| 1949 | 46 | 72 | 549 | 12.0 | |
Other Mothers' Clinics (b) Relaxation
| Clinic | No. of Sessions | No. of New Cases | Total Attendances | Average attendance per session |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonebridge, 1953 | 95 | 215 | 1,421 | 150 |
| Totals 1952 | 48 | 101 | 674 | 14.0 |
Deliveries Attended by Midwives
| Midwives employed by: | Number of domiciliary deliveries attended and visits made by midwives in the area | Institutional confinements discharged before 14th day attended by domiciliary midwives | Domiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 14 th day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. not booked | Dr. Booked | No. of visits made | ||||||
| Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | Dr. present at delivery | Dr. not present at delivery | |||||
| No. of cases | No. of visits | |||||||
| County Council | 4 | 184 | 25 | 156 | 12,292 | 34 | 163 | 311 |
| Voluntary organisations under arrangements with L.H.A. in pursuance of section 23 | - | 13 | 53 | - | 1,584 | 9 | 97 | 64 |
| TOTALS: 1953 | 435 | 13,876 | 43 | 260 | ||||
| 1952 | 385 | 12,830 | 18 | 180 | 375 Not recorded | |||
| 1951 | 401 | Not recorded | Not Recorded | |||||
| 1950 | 534 | Not recorded | Not Recorded | |||||