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a Wembley patient may now be beyond the abovementioned
15 miles limit. In such' cases the
Civil Defence end Fire Brigade Committee have
agreed that the ambulance service may be provided
for a journey up to about 30 miles from Wembley,
provided the Medical Officer of Health and the
Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade be satisfied
that arrangements have been made by the doctor
in charge of the patient in accordance with the
various war-time agreements existing between
hospitals either Voluntary, Municipal or other
Local Authority.
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics.
Number of attendances by children
under 1 year of age 28,771
Number of attendances at all the
Health Centres by children
between the ages of 1 - 5 19,541
The percentage of notified live births
represented by the number of
children who first attended at
the centres during the year and
who on the first attendance were
under 1 year of age in 1941 was 96.9
(in this figure is excluded the
number of children who were known
to have previously attended a
centre in another district).
Number of attendances made by women
at the ante-natal clinics 7,199
Total number of women who attended
for the first time 1,364
Percentage of total notified births
(live and still) represented by the
total number of women who attended
the clinics for the first time
during the year 88.6
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