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VISITING.
(1) Poplar Health Visiting Association.
No. of visits paid 993
Removed before visit 32
Died before visit 35
Still-births 1
No. of re-visits paid 11,177
Removed and not traced 162
Died 72
Total number of visits 12,170, a decrease of 4,422 compared with
1912.
(2) Health Visitor (Organising).
Visits 998
Removed before visit 29
Died before visit 7
Still-births 4
leaving 958 alive. At the time of my visit, these were being fed as
follows:—
Breast fed 96.55 per cent.
Mixed feeding 1.36 „
Hand fed 2.09 „
Mothers who worked during pregnancy:—
Home-work 5.10 per cent.
Factory, workshop, charing, etc. 9.39 „
Families occupying:—
One room per family 11.37 per cent.
Two rooms per family 22.96 „
Re-visits 2,995
Removed and not traced 297
Died 47
Mothers who worked after birth of child:—
Home-work 5.21 per cent.
Factory, workshop, charing, etc. 6.99 „
Vital Statistics.
The figures appended refer to infants born in 1912, and kept under
supervision for a year—they show an increase of 665 in the number kept
under supervision, and a decrease of 25.52 per thousand in the rate of
mortality, as compared to 1911.
Visited 2,511
Removed and not traced 591
Died 173
Rate of mortality per 1,000 visited 90.10