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 1960

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

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Table: HEALTH VISITING

HEALTH VISITING

Home visits19561957195819591960
Expectant mothers:
First23,14323,48224,13122,94024,013
Revisit21,42221,99423,21323,16122,546
Percentage of notified live and still-births4443424041
Stillbirths1,1731,0809799601,024
Children under 1:
First51,96052,17153,55753,22455,226
Revisit173,774169,760176,428173,932168,669
*Percentage of live births10098969596
Children 1-5357,215354,643368,845372,622369,122
Care of old people12,84212,46513,33114,36614,350
Miscellaneous66,82374,51380,97880,94880,026
Unsuccessful103,600100,250100,648101,503104,014
TOTAL811,952810,358842,110843,656838,990
* 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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