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During the year Mrs. Rhodes, Health Visitor, made 1,558
primary visits to the homes of nursing mothers and their infants,
and 951 subsequent visits. There were also 230 fruitless visits,
the mothers being either out at the time, or having changed their
address. The weekly weighing meetings at the Town Hall have
been continued during the year with slight interruption. The
actual number of meetings was 46, and the total number of infants
weighed 1,466.
Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1914 numbered 997, and of
these 514 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 374 between
75 and 85 years, and 109 at 85 and upwards. The annual mortality
rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4-6 per 1,000 living.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,654 deaths in
public institutions in the Borough during 1915; of these 723 were
residents of other districts, and the remaining 931 were residents
of Hackney.