London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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London County Council 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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HEALTH VISITING

Home visits19491955195619571958
Expectant mothers:
First29,01122,99923,14323,48224,131
Revisit20,64919,43621,42221,99423,213
Percentage of notified live and stillbirths5045444342
Still-births1,5861,0321,1731,080979
Children under 1:
First54,56248,22551,96052,17153,557
Revisit171,288174,864173,774169,760176,428
*Percentage of live births96971009896
Children 1-5361,313362,764357,215354,643368,845
Care of old people76,28077,014 |12,84212,46513,331
Miscellaneous66,82374,51380,978
Unsuccessful113,985110,149103,600100,250100,648
828,674816,483811,952810,358842,110

* The true percentage may be somewhat less, but it is not practicable to exclude from the year's figures a small number
of immigrants and of children visited in the year but born in the previous year.
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