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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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HEALTH VISITING
| Home visits | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | 1961 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant mothers: | |||||
| First | 23,482 | 24,131 | 22,940 | 24,013 | 26,531 |
| Revisit | 21,994 | 23,213 | 23,161 | 22,546 | 23,934 |
| Percentage of notified live and still-births. | |||||
| Stillbirths | 1,080 | 979 | 960 | 1,024 | 849 |
| Children under 1: | |||||
| First | 52,171 | 53,557 | 53,224 | 55,226 | 60,995 |
| Revisit | 169,760 | 176,428 | 173,932 | 168,669 | 172,964 |
| Percentage of notified live births | |||||
| Children 1-5 | 354,643 | 368,845 | 372,622 | 369,122 | 379,793 |
| Care of old people | 12,465 | 13,331 | 14,366 | 14,350 | 14,772 |
| Miscellaneous | 74,513 | 80,978 | 80,948 | 80,026 | 86,971 |
| Unsuccessful | 100,250 | 100,648 | 101,503 | 104,014 | 111,958 |
| TOTAL | 810,358 | 842,110 | 843,656 | 838,990 | 878,767 |
* 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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