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Willesden 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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The number of live births occurring amongst expectant mothers who attended the AnteNatal
Clinics was 1,503; 74 per cent. of these mothers with their babies subsequently attended
the Welfare Centres.
Maternity Hospital—
Bookings.—The following table shows the bookings year by year for hospital confinement
under the Council's schemes since hospital provision was first made lay the Council for such cases:—
Table No. 3.
| Year. | No. of Confinement Cases Booked. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 (part-year) | 99 | Maternity Pavilion at Municipal Hospital opened. |
| 1919 | 267 | |
| 1920 | 444 | Restrictions began to be placed on bookings. |
| 1921 | 335 | |
| 1922 | 266 | |
| 1923 | 140 | Municipal Hospital Pavilion closed, 30th April, 1923. Cases sent to Park Royal Hospital which later became the Central Middlesex County Hospital. |
| 1924 | 99 | |
| 1925 | 146 | |
| 1926 | 220 | |
| 1927 | 221 | |
| 1928 | 272 | |
| 1929 | 334 | |
| 1930 | 402 | |
| 1931 | 535 | Willesden Maternity Hospital opened, 14th February, 1931. Cases no longer sent to Central Middlesex County Hospital. |
| 1932 | 544 | Bookings limited to relieve pressure on Hospital accommodation. |
| 1933 | 550 | |
| 1934 | 666 | Willesden Maternity Hospital extended, 29th December, 1934. |
| 1935 | 942 | |
| 1936 | 979 | |
| 1937 | 1,069 |
During 1937, 360 applicants for confinement in the Willesden Maternity Hospital were unable
to be booked for the reasons set out below:—
Table No . 4.—A pplications for Booking Refused.
| No beds available | 305 |
| Not resident in Willesden | 48 |
| Will not have had 3 months' residence in Willesden prior to expected date of confinement | 5 |
| Unable to pay fee | 2 |
| 360 |
The following Table shows the fees at which the 1,069 cases were booked
Table No . 5.
| Fee. | No. of Cases. | Fee. | No. of Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 55 |
| 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 80 |
| 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 114 |
| 6 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Free | 406 | ||
The average fee per case is approximately £1 14s. 3d.