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Willesden 1934
[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, 1934.
| From Midwives living and practising in Willesden. | From Midwives practising in Willesden but living outside. | |
|---|---|---|
| Notifications of:— | ||
| Sending for Medical Help | 93 | 27 |
| Having laid out a dead body | 5 | - |
| Liability to be a source of infection | 1 | 3 |
| Death of child | 3 | - |
| Still Birth | 7 | 3 |
| Artificial feeding | 2 | 1 |
Table No. 48.
Reasons for Sending for Medical Help.
| Medical Help sought by Midwives. | Medical Help sought by Midwives. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Mother. | Living in Willesden. | Living outside Willesden. | For Child. | Living in Willesden. | Living outside Willesden. |
| Ante-Natal examinations | 2 | - | Cleft Palate | 1 | _ |
| Collapse | 1 | - | |||
| Ante-partum Haemorrhage | 7 | - | Chest trouble | 2 | - |
| Cyanosis | - | 1 | |||
| Adherent placenta | 3 | - | Dangerous | ||
| Albumin in Urine | 3 | - | prematurity | 2 | - |
| Abscess between buttocks | 1 | - | Premature infant | 4 | 1 |
| Severe cold | 1 | - | |||
| Breech with extended legs | 1 | - | Sticky eyes | 5 | 5 |
| Twin (28 weeks preg | |||||
| Delayed labour | 9 | 2 | nancy) bad colour | 1 | - |
| Depressed nipples | 1 | - | Vomiting | ||
| Fainted after delivery History of heart disease | 1 | - | Meconium | 1 | - |
| 1 | Watery eyes | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jaundiced | 3 | - | |||
| Loss and shock after twins | 1 | ||||
| Laceration of perineum | 15 | 6 | |||
| Multiple pregnancy | 1 | - | |||
| Malpresentation | 2 | 2 | |||
| Marked varicose veins Pain and inflammation of leg Post-partum hæmorrhage | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||
| Prolapsed cord | 2 | - | |||
| Swelling of leg | 1 | 1 | |||
| Severe headache and insomnia | 2 | - | |||
| Severe cough and sleeplessness | 1 | - | |||
| Septic sports on hands and rash on body | 1 | - | |||
| Rise of temperature | 7 | 5 | |||
| 68 | 19 | 25 | 8 | ||
Table No. 49.
Fees Paid to Medical Practitioners under Section 14 of the Midwives Act, 1918.
January 1st to December 31st, 1934.
Number of notifications of Sending for Medical Help 120
„ „ „ in respect of which fees paid 62
Total fees paid by Council £73 19s. 0d.