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Willesden 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Laboratory.

Table: Table No. 21

Table No. 21

Nature of Examination.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total.
1Swabs for C. diphtheriae1791,2071,386
2Typing of C. diphtheriae cultures——58
3Sputum, etc., Direct examination for M. Tuberculosis38248286
4Sputum, etc., Cultures for M. Tuberculosis——171
5Blood—Widal tests——10
6Blood—Cultures——10
7Blood—Counts——124
8Blood—Films——-123
9Blood—Chemical examinations——136
10Urine—Microscopical examinations——60
11Urine—Chemical examinations——78
12Urine—Cultural examinations——34
13Faeces—Microscopical examinations——15
14Faeces—Chemical examinations——173
15Faeces—Cultural examinations——139
16Cerebro-spinal Fluid—Microscopical examinations——23
17Cerebro-spinal Fluid—Chemical examinations—–24
18Cerebro-spinal Fluid—Cultural examinations—–15
19Swabs, etc.—Direct smears—–137
20Swabs, etc.—Cultures——559
21Salmonella serological identifications——54
22Virulence tests——6
23Streptococcal Grouping——-2
Total3,623

Table: Table No. 22.

Table No. 22.

Sources of Specimens Examined.
Municipal Hospital1,806
Private Practitioners998
Health Centres579
Chest Clinic240
3,623

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THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
on the
WILLESDEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL
for the Year 1945.
By ARNOLD WALKER, M.A., M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G.
During 1945 the work of the Maternity Hospital went on normally. Over a thousand women were delivered
without a maternal death, which maintained the maternal mortality rate for booked cases from the opening of the
Hospital at a figure below one per thousand. The chief problem the Hospital had to face at the end of the year
was the grave shortage of trained midwives.