[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing].

  • Ealing (London, England). Council.
Date:
[1944]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6 Table Showing Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Infant Death-Rate for the Borough of Ealing. Period Birth-Rate 4 Death-Rate Infant Death-Rate 1921—1925 15.4 10.7 58 1926—1930 14.5 10.9 49 1931—1935 14.2 10.1 46 1936 14.4 9.9 49 1937 14.9 9.6 46 1938 14.9 9.3 43 1939 14.8 9.5 48 1940 14.7 12.4 41 1941 — — 49 1942 — — 48 1943 — — 40 Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births. Period Ealing England and Wales 1931—1935 4.10 4.12 1936 0.93 3.65 1937 2.50 3.23 1938 2.00 2.97 1939 3.75 2.93 1940 1.74 2.16 1941 1.53 2.23 1942 1.79 2.01 1943 2.95 2.29 HOSPITALS. Isolation Hospital. The Clayponds Isolation Hospital at South Ealing, which is under the control of the Ealing and Brentford & Chiswick Hospitals Committee, has a normal capacity of 142 beds. At present only 34 beds are retained for the treatment of cases of infectious disease, the remainder of the hospital being utilised as a Grade A1 Emergency Hospital with 187 beds. Maternity Hospital. The Perivale Maternity Hospital of 43 beds is also under the Joint Hospitals Committee. Throughout the year this hospital was taxed to the uttermost by reason of the demands for admission, the accommodation being fully booked months in advance through out the year.