London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The occupations (other than housework) in which the mothers were engaged were as follows:—
| At Home. | Out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | Out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
The majority of the mothers in the South were unskilled workers,
and presumably went out by the day to help the family income, when
the fathers, unskilled labourers, were out of work.
In the Soho area, the centre of the West End skilled tailoring
outwork, the mothers in many cases were skilled hands helping their
husbands at home and able to earn good money.
The following Table in reference to nationality refers to the
northern part of the City and summarises the figures for three years
1907-08-09
The following Table in reference to nationality refers to the northern part of the City and summarises the figures for three years 1907-08-09
| Number of Cases. | Infants at the end of 12 months. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy. | Delicate. | Dead. | |||||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |||||
| 111 | |||||||