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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 890
Over one year 2,030
Total number of attendances at Clinics during the year:—
By children under one year of age 14,346
By children between one and five years 6,800
Number of visits during the year by all Health Visitors working
in this area:—
To expectant mothers—First visits 487
Total visits 855
To children under one year of age—First visits 1,153
Total visits 4,769
To children between the age of one and five
years—Total visits 6,000
MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Domiciliary Midwifery was performed as in previous years by
the Midwives of Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Only 19% 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
36.0%
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
28.8%
Hammersmith Hospital
4.0%
Chiswick Hospital
5.7%
Other Hospitals
6.1%
Nursing Homes
0.4%
Confined at home
(Queen Charlotte's midwives attending)
19.0%