London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
London County Council 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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HEALTH VISITING
| Home visits | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant mothers: | ||||||
| First | 22,999 | 23,143 | 23,482 | 24,131 | 22,940 | |
| Revisit | 19,436 | 21,422 | 21,994 | 23,213 | 23,161 | |
| Percentage of notified live and still-births | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 40 | |
| Still-births | 1,032 | 1,173 | 1,080 | 979 | 960 | |
| Children under 1: | ||||||
| First | 48,225 | 51,960 | 52,171 | 53,557 | 53,224 | |
| Revisit | 174,864 | 173,774 | 169,760 | 176,428 | 173,932 | |
| *Percentage of live births | 97 | 100 | 98 | 96 | 95 | |
| Children 1-5 | 362,764 | 357,215 | 354,643 | 368,845 | 372,622 | |
| Care of old people | 77,014 | 12,842 | 12,465 | 13,331 | 14,366 | |
| Miscellaneous | 66,823 | 74,513 | 80,978 | 80,948 | ||
| Unsuccessful | 110,149 | 103,600 | 100,250 | 100,648 | 101,503 | |
| TOTAL | 816,483 | 811,952 | 810,358 | 842,110 | 843,656 | |
*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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