A review of child health in the 1958 birth cohort: National Child Development Study

Summary. In the week 3–9 March 1958, 98% of all births in England, Scotland and Wales (approximately 17000) were studied in the Perinatal Mortality Survey. The follow‐up of surviving children, known as the National Child Development Study, comprises four major sweeps at ages 7, 11, 16 and 23. Medical examinations were conducted at each age, except at 23 when health was self‐reported. Details of the child's family background and socio‐economic...