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Willesden 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Tuberculosis.—The following table shows the number of cases of Tuberculosis on the register at the end of each year 1938-1945:—
Table No. 3.
Number of Cases of Tuberculosis on Register at end of Year.
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | |
| 1938 | 361 | 330 | 80 | 92 |
| 1939 | 373 | 305 | 77 | 89 |
| 1940 | 337 | 250 | 61 | 84 |
| 1941 | 325 | 250 | 58 | 58 |
| 1942 | 361 | 278 | 68 | 65 |
| 1943 | 422 | 312 | 72 | 78 |
| 1944 | 446 | 369 | 76 | 80 |
| 1945 | 502 | 425 | 87 | 85 |
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 16,529 occasions, nursing mothers 23,843, and children under 5
12,647, making a total at these clinics of 83,119 attendances in 1945.
Out of the total number of 2,627 children registered as born alive in 1945, 1,837, or 70 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 |
| 1945 (3 Health Centres open) | 119,429 | 16,586 |
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 1,817 occasions and nursing mothers on 1,373 occasions during 1945.
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.—1,158 patients were booked during 1945 for confinement in the Willesden Maternity Hospital.
The fees at which these 1,158 cases were booked varied from 20 at £15 to 224 free. The average fee per case was
approximately £4. 9s. 3d.
During 1945, 438 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 | 129 |
| Not resident in Willesden | 9 |
| 438 |