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Willesden 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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From Table No. 46 it will be observed that Midwives practising and living in Willesden
attended 1,293 cases as Midwives and 350 cases as Maternity Nurses or 1,643 in all. These cases
were not all Willesden cases and were not all attended in Willesden.
Apart from institutions or associations, the largest number of midwifery cases any single one
of these Midwives attended as a Midwife was 103, and the largest total of cases any single one of these
Midwives attended was 143, being 103 cases attended as Midwife and 40 as Maternity Nurse.
Table No. 47.
Number of Cases attended by Midwives practising in but Living Outside Willesden during 1935.
| Private District Midwives. | No. of Cases attended in Willesden. Total. | |
|---|---|---|
| As Midwife. | As Maternity Nurse. | |
| A | None | None |
| B | 1 | None |
| C | None | 2 |
| D | 2 | None |
| E | 6 | 1 |
| F | 6 | 1 |
| G | 2 | None |
| H | 4 | None |
| I | 3 | None |
| J | 10 | None |
| K | 2 | None |
| Midwives attached to Kilburn and West Hampstead District Nursing Association, 20, Dennington Park Road, Hampstead, N.W. 6. | 51 | None |
| Midwives attached to Queen Charlotte's Hospital District Home, 176, Ladbroke Grove, W.10. | 20 | None |
| Total | 107 | 4 |
Table No . 48.
Notifications received from Midwives in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives Board , 1 st January to 31 st December , 1935.
| From Midwives living and practising in Willesden. | From Midwives practising in Willesden but living outside. | |
|---|---|---|
| Notifications of:— | ||
| Sending for Medical Help | 82 | 40 |
| Having laid out a dead body | 2 | 3 |
| Liability to be a source of infection | 6 | 1 |
| Death of child | 3 | — |
| Still Birth | 9 | 5 |
| Artificial feeding | — | 1 |
| Total | 102 | 50 |