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Willesden 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 47.
Notifications received from Midwives in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives Board, 1st January to 31st December, 1933.
| From Midwives living and practising in Willesden. | From Midwives practising in Willesden but living outside. | |
|---|---|---|
| Notifications of:— | ||
| Sending for Medical Help | 112 | 21 |
| Having laid out a dead body | 2 | — |
| Liability to be a source of infection | 6 | 1 |
| Death of child | 3 | — |
| Still Birth | 3 | — |
| Artificial feeding | 3 | 2 |
Table No. 48.
Reasons for Sending for Medical Help.
| For Mother. | Medical Help sought by Midwives. | For Child. | Medical Help sought by Midwives. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living in Willesden. | Living outside Willesden. | Living in Willesden. | Living outside Willesden. | ||
| Ante-natal examinations | 6 | - | Blisters on Baby | 2 | - |
| Baby Feeble | 6 | — | |||
| Ante-partum haemorrhage | 3 | 1 | Hare Lip | — | 1 |
| Premature Infant | 5 | — | |||
| Albuminuria | 7 | — | Peculiar Shaped Head | 1 | - |
| Complicated breech | 2 | 1 | |||
| Delayed labour | 15 | 1 | Spots on child | 2 | — |
| Engorged breast | 2 | Sores in baby's groin | 1 | — | |
| Footling and cord presentation | 2 | - | Spina bifida | 1 | — |
| Sticky eyes | 6 | 5 | |||
| Hand presentation | 1 | - | Watery eyes | 8 | - |
| Laceration of perineum | 21 | 10 | |||
| Painful leg | 2 | — | |||
| Post-partum hæmorrhage | 1 | - | |||
| Patient passed a worm | 1 | - | |||
| Rise of temperature | 10 | 1 | |||
| Retained placenta | 4 | 1 | |||
| Severe Headache | 1 | - | |||
| Severe pain in side | 1 | — | |||
| Threatened abortion | 1 | — | |||
| 80 | 15 | 32 | 6 | ||
Table No. 49.
Fees Paid to Medical Practitioners under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918.
January 1st to December 31st, 1933.
Number of notifications of Sending for Medical Help
133
„ „ „ in respect of which fees paid
62
Total fees paid by Council
£68
l1s.
0d.
,, „ recovered from Patients
£28
18s.
0d.