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Willesden 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table No. 53 ( Contd.)

Name.No. of Cases attended Total.Remarks.
As Midwife.As Maternity Nurse.
Midwives attached to Willesden District Nursing Association, 17-19, Park Avenue, N.W.2.None280This figure of 280 includes approximately 6 cases which were cancelled prior to the confinement but where a certain amount of work had been undertaken.
Midwives at the Central Middlesex County Hospital, Acton Lane, N.W. 10.72956These 785 patients were all confined in the Central Middlesex County Hospital and come from a number of areas.
Total1,536355
=1,891 in all.

Table No . 54.

Number of Cases attended by Midwives practising in but living outside Willesden

during 1938.

Name.Number of cases attended in WillesdenRemarks.
As Midwife.As Maternity Nurse.
Private District Midwives52
Midwives at Willesden Maternity Hospital.22None
Midwives attached to Kilburn and West Hampstead District Nursing Association, 20, Dennington Park Road, Hampstead, N.W.6.15None
Total422

Table No. 55.

Notifications received from Midwives in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives Board, 1st January to 31st December, 1938.

Living in Willesden.TotalLiving outside WillesdenGrand Total
Municipal Mid-wives.Queen Charlottes Hospital District H.Independent Mid- wives.
Notifications of:—
Sending for medical help12241121756181
Death of child2103—3
Still birth56011—11
Having laid out a dead body2406—6
Liability to be a source of Infection6028—8
Artificial Feeding6028—8
Total14352162116217