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Willesden 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 3.
Number of Cases of Tuberculosis on Register at end of Year.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| 1938 | 361 | 330 | 92 | |
| 1939 | 373 | 305 | 77 | 89 |
| 1940 | 337 | 250 | 61 | 84 |
| 1941 | 325 | 250 | 58 | 58 |
| 1942 | 361 | 278 | 65 | |
| 1943 | 422 | 312 | 72 | 78 |
| 1944 | 446 | 369 | 76 | |
MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS.
Municipal Health Centres.— At the 3 Municipal Health Centres, expectant mothers attended the medical
consultation and medical treatment Clinics on 16,762 occasions, nursing mothers 22,875, and children under 5
38,256, making a total at these clinics of 77,893 attendances in 1944.
Out of the total number of 2,697 children registered as born alive in 1944, 1,975, or 73 per cent., subsequently
attended the Municipal Health Centres.
The following table shows the total attendances of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under
5 years of age at the Municipal Health Centres since 1938 :—
Table No. 4.
| Health Centre Attendances. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total attendances of Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years of age. | Attendances of Expectant Mothers at Ante-Natal Clinics only. | |
| 1938 (3 Health Centres open) | 158,893 | 15,351 |
| 1939 (3 Health Centres open 8 months, 2 Health Centres open 4 months) | 153,810 | 14,305 |
| 1940 (2 Health Centres open) | 127,781 | 15,335 |
| 1941 (2 Health Centres open) | 113,863 | 13,949 |
| 1942 (2 Health Centres open 10½ months, 3 Health Centres open 1½ months) | 138,189 | 19,157 |
| 1943 (3 Health Centres open) | 146,071 | 18,142 |
| 1944 (3 Health Centres open) | 117,731 | 16,680 |
Princess Road Voluntary Centre.— The Council took over the Princess Road Voluntary Infant Welfare Centre
in Kilburn as from 1st April, 1942. Children under 5 years of age attended the Medical Consultations at this Centre
on 1,379 occasions and nursing mothers on 1,025 occasions during 1944.
Government Evacuation Scheme—Expectant Mothers.— The registration of expectant mothers for
evacuation during the last month of pregnancy under the Government's Evacuation Scheme was carried out at the
Health Centres in accordance with the Government plan.
MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
Bookings.—1,079 patients were booked during 1944 for confinement in the Willesden Maternity Hospital.
The fees at which these 1,079 cases were booked varied from 41 at £15 to 218 free. The average fee per case was
approximately £4 14s. 8d.
During 1944, 355 applicants for confinement in the Willesden Maternity Hospital were unable to be booked
for the reasons set out below :—
Table No. 5.—Applications for Booking Refused.
| No beds available | 346 |
| Not resident in Willesden | 9 |
| 355 |
Hospital Confinements.— During 1944, 1,010 women were confined in the Willesden Maternity Hospital.
479 births of Willesden residents were notified from outside Institutions—68 from St. Mary's Hospital, 31 from
University College Hospital, 30 from Queen Charlotte's Hospital, 19 from Paddington Hospital, 11 from Middlesex
Hospital, and smaller numbers from other hospitals, 57 from a Nursing Home, 49 from a Maternity Home in
Cheltenham, and smaller numbers from other Nursing and Maternity Homes. These, together with some 453 in the
Central Middlesex County Hospital, are approximately 70 per cent. of the births belonging to Willesden.