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Willesden 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 42.—Children under 5 Years Admitted during 1924.
| Condition. | No. Admitted. | Forms of Treatment. | Result of Treatment. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operative. | General. | Other forms. | Remedied. | Improved. | Unchanged | Died. | In Hospital at end. of 1924. | ||
| Marasmus | 5 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids | 32 | 32 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 37 | 32 | 5 | — | 34 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Hospital Bookings of Maternity Cases.
The following table shows the bookings for Hospital Confinement under the Council's Schemes since Hospital provision was first made by the Council for such cases:—
Table No . 43.
| Year. | No. of Cases Booked. |
|---|---|
| 1918 (approx. 6 months only) | 99 |
| 1919 | 267 |
| 1920 | 444 |
| 1921 | 335 |
| 1922 | 266 |
| 1923 | 140 |
| 1924 | 99 |
Table No . 44.—Maternity Cases.
Maternity Cases admitted to Park Royal Hospital under the Council's Scheme during 1924.
| No. of pregnant women admitted | 94 |
| Actual No. of Confinements | 91 |
| No. proved not in labour | 3 |
| No. died | 0 |
| No. of infants born alive | 89 |
| No. of infants born dead | 2 |
Table No . 45.
Giving Particulars as to Confinements of Maternity Cases admitted to Park Royal Hospital under the Council's Scheme during 1924.
| Normal Confinement | 70 |
| „ „ small child, 5 lbs. 1 oz | 1 |
| „ „ child died 4th day | 1 |
| Born before admission | 6 |
| Was admitted 17/4/24 and discharged 31 /5/24 on account of extreme cedema of legs due to pregnancy. Confined 1 /6/24—born before admission | 1 |
| Breech | 2 |
| Induction | 3 |
| Sent in for induction. Induction on admission, | |
| Chloroform version performed. Full time child | |
| dead. 21 ins., 9 lbs. Much difficulty | 1 |
| Macerated male child | 1 |
| Forceps | 2 |
| Forceps uterine inertia | 2 |
| Forceps left occiput posterior un-reduced | I |
| 91 |