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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 864
Over one year 1,750
Total number of attendances at Clinics during the year:—
By children under one year of age 13,695
By children between ane and five years 5,882
HEALTH VISITING
Number of visits during the year by all Health Visitors working
in this area:—
To expectant mothers—First visits 454
Total visits 661
To children under one year of age—First visits 1,030
Total visits 3,803
To children between the age of one and five
years—Total visits 5,084
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
the Midwives of Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Only 18.4% 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
37.5%
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
28.9%
Hammersmith Hospital
3.2%
Other Hospitals
6.7%
Nursing Homes
0.5%
Confined at home
(Queen Charlotte's midwives attending)
18.4%