Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Totals | Age at visit Weeks | Method of Feeding | Condition of Child | Mother's Work | Mother's Health | Condition of Tenement | No. of Rooms | First-born | Twins | Illegitimate | ||||||||||||||||
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Breast only | Breast only | Cow's milk | Artificial or Condensed | Not fed | Well nourished | Fairly nourished | Badly nourished | None | Away from home | Ditto intermittent | Some home work | Good | Indifferent | Bad | Clean | Fairly clean | Dirty | One | Two | Three | Four or more | |||||
71 | 0 to 1 | 66 | ... | 4 | I | ... | 59 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 22 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ... | ... |
402 | 1 to 2 | 377 | 4 | 13 | 8 | ... | 335 | 35 | 32 | 341 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 314 | 71 | 17 | 360 | 32 | 10 | 176 | 181 | 34 | 11 | 86 | 4 | 6 |
341 | 2 to 3 | 313 | 7 | 12 | 9 | ... | 300 | 22 | 19 | 303 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 285 | 43 | 13 | 322 | 16 | 3 | 126 | 174 | 30 | 11 | 98 | 6 | 13 |
318 | 3 to 4 | 276 | 13 | 20 | 9 | ... | 268 | 24 | 26 | 272 | l6 | 29 | 1 | 245 | 42 | 11 | 288 | 24 | 6 | III | 161 | 37 | 9 | 70 | 6 | 10 |
152 | 4 to 5 | 135 | 7 | 6 | 4 | ... | 123 | 15 | 14 | 137 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 128 | 14 | 10 | 142 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 73 | 17 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 5 |
59 | 5 to 6 | 47 | ... | 10 | 2 | ... | 51 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 4 | ... | 47 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 5 | ... | 17 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 16 | ... | 4 |
62 | 6 to 7 | 48 | 4 | 10 | ... | ... | 55 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 2 | ... | 19 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 19 | ... | 2 |
55 | 7 to 8 | 44 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | 47 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 3 | ... | 1 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 4 | ... | 14 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | ... | ... |
303 | over 8 | 211 | 27 | 45 | 2o | ... | 255 | 27 | 21 | 251 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 241 | 36 | 26 | 277 | 23 | 3 | 82 | 152 | 56 | 13 | 76 | 2 | 6 |