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Total number of children who attended during the year, and who,
at the end of the year were:—
Under one year of age 807
Over one year 1,910
Total number of attendances at Centres during the year:
By children under on year of age 14,687
By children between one and five years 6,960
HEALTH VISITING
Number of visits during the year by all Health Visitors working
in this area:—
To expectant mothers—First visits 417
Total visits 567
To children under one year of age—First visits 1,052
Total visits 3,855
To children between the age of one and five
years—Total visits 5,079
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
the Midwives of Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Only 16.8% of the
total births were home confinements.
The bulk of the hospital confinements were accepted at Central
Middlesex and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals, the table below giving
the distribution:—
Central Middlesex Hospital 38.3%
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 30.8%
Hammersmith Hospital 6.7%
Other Hospitals 6.4%
Nursing Homes 1.0%
Confined at home
(Queen Charlotte's midwives attending) 16.8%