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Total number of children who first attended the clinics during the
year, and who, on the date of their first attendance were: —
Under one year of age 890
Between the ages of one and five 80
Total number of children who attended during the year, and who,
at the end of the year were: —
Under one year of age 821
Over one year 1,886
Total number of attendances at Clinics during the year: —
By children under one year of age 13,575
By children between one and five years 6,748
HEALTH VISITING
Number of visits during the year by all Health Visitors working
in this area: —
To expectant mothers—First visits 367
Total visits 542
To children under one year of age—First visits 981
Total visits 3,435
To children between the age of one and five
years—Total visits 3,383
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
the Midwives of Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Only 19.1% 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 39.1%
Queen Charlotte's Hospital 28.4%
Hammersmith Hospital 2.3%
Other Hospitals 10.7%
Nursing Homes 0.4%