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 Willesden]
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Table No. 18.
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CASES AND THE PROPORTION OF CASES IN EACH CLASS IN RELATION TO THE FACTS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REARING OF THE INFANTS.
Breast Fed. | Breast & Hand Fed. | Hand Fed. | Improper Food. | Improper Bottles. | Fed Regularly. | Slept with Mother. | Slept in Kitchen | Taken out Regularly | Properly Clothed. | Premises Clean. | Mother Employed. | Baby Insured. | Mother attended by Doctor. | Midwife. | Promises to Improve. | Age of Mother. | Mean Age at Death. | Totals in each Class. | |
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Infants Dead within Year— | |||||||||||||||||||
All Diseases No. | 84 | 52 | 195 | 110 | 58 | 160 | 184 | 165 | 139 | 222 | 210 | 85 | 118 | 211 | 109 | 4.3 | 331 | ||
Per cent. | 25 | 15 | 60 | 33 | 17 | 48 | 55 | 50 | 42 | 67 | 63 | 25 | 35 | 63 | 33 | ||||
Diarrhœa No. | 4 | 8 | 90 | 46 | 26 | 53 | 41 | 51 | 55 | 65 | 54 | 33 | 36 | 68 | 32 | 5.0 | 102 | ||
Per cent. | 4 | 8 | 88 | 45 | 25 | 52 | 40 | 50 | 54 | 64 | 53 | 32 | 35 | 67 | 31 | ||||
Tuberculosis No. | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5.2 | 18 | ||
Per cent. | 17 | 6 | 78 | 22 | 11 | 55 | 50 | 44 | 38 | 55 | 66 | 38 | 44 | 50 | 44 | ||||
Enteritis No. | 3 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 5.2 | 22 | ||
Per cent. | 14 | 23 | 63 | 36 | 23 | 73 | 36 | 59 | 63 | 77 | 67 | 18 | 36 | 73 | 23 | ||||
Marasmus No | 8 | 9 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 15 | 2.3 | 49 | ||
Per cent. | 16 | 18 | 66 | 33 | 12 | 45 | 53 | 41 | 25 | 73 | 70 | 16 | 18 | 65 | 31 | ||||
Pneumonia No. | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 6.0 | 36 | ||
Per cent. | 39 | 30 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 42 | 72 | 64 | 44 | 55 | 61 | 21 | 44 | 70 | 30 | ||||
Measles & Whooping Cough .. No. | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | . . | 6.0 | 20 | |
Per cent. | 40 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 40 | 75 | 35 | 50 | 65 | 70 | 15 | 40 | 60 | 35 | ||||
Bronchitis No. | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4.4 | 23 | ||
Per cent. | 56 | 8 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 65 | 52 | 26 | 78 | 78 | 21 | 47 | 52 | 39 | ||||
All children in family surviving— | |||||||||||||||||||
First. Child No. | 206 | 37 | 58 | 42 | 35 | 182 | 177 | 203 | 227 | 239 | 267 | 52 | 130 | 235 | 60 | 143 | 24.4 | 301 | |
Per cent. | 68 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 60 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 89 | 17 | 43 | 78 | 20 | 47 | |||
Second Child No. | 206 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 162 | 188 | 178 | 175 | 193 | 216 | 31 | 138 | 183 | 78 | 134 | 26.6 | 264 | |
Per cent. | 78 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 71 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 82 | 11 | 52 | 69 | 29 | 50 |