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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Prematurity
A far greater number of premature babies survived than died, and most of them were born in
hospital.
| Year | Births in home | Births in Hospital | Home births transferred to Hospital | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
They are higher in the wards where the poor sections of the population live.
1952
| Carlton | Kilburn | Brondesbury Park | Kensal Rise | Manor | Harlesden | Stone-bridge | Round-wood | Church End | Willes den Green | Mapesbury | Glads-stone | Cricklewood | Brent-water | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births in home | 7 (1) | 2 (0) | (0) | 3 (0) | 5 (0) | 6 (0) | - (-) | 6 (0) | 3 (0) | - (0) | 4 (0) | 1 (0) | - (0) | 1 (0) | 38 (1) |
| Births in hospital | 9 (2) | 8 (0) | 8 (1) | 8 (2) | 9 (1) | 7 (0) | 14 (4) | 10 (2) | 18 (4) | 11 (2) | 14 (3) | 9 (2) | 7 (2) | 5 (0) | 137 (25) |
| Total | 16 (3) | 10 (0) | 8 (1) | 11 (2) | 14 (1) | 13 (0) | 14 (4) | 16 (2) | 21 (4) | 11 (2) | 18 (3) | 10 (2) | 7 (2) | 6 (0) | 175 (26) |