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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

Acton 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: health visitingNumber of visits during the year by all Health Visitors working in this area:—

health visiting

Number of visits during the year by all Health Visitors working in this area:—

To expectant mothers—First visits297
Total visits452
To children under one year of age—First visits859
Total visits3,991
To children between the age of one and five years—Total visits5,340

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midwifery service
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
the Midwives of Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Only 12.6% of the
total births were home confinements.

Table: The bulk of the hospital confinements were accepted at Central Middlesex and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals, the table below giving the distribution:—

The bulk of the hospital confinements were accepted at Central Middlesex and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals, the table below giving the distribution:—

Central Middlesex Hospital33.0%
Queen Charlotte's Hospital34.7%
Hammersmith Hospital9.7%
Other Hospitals9.8%
Nursing Homes0.2%
Confined at home (Queen Charlotte's midwives attending)12.6%