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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
Finsbury 1907
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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CHILDREN FED ON MODIFIED DRIED MILK.
| No. | Initials. | Sex. | Age when began Milk. | Weight. | Percentage of Normal. | Age when Milk discontinued or 31st Dec., 1907. | Weight. | Percentage of Normal. | No. of weeks on Milk. | Average increase per Week. | REMARKS. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks | lbs. | ozs. | Weeks | lbs. | ozs. | ozs. | ||||||||
| 1 | W.M. | M | 5.5 | 7 | 4 | 92 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 102 | 8.5 | 6.1 | Under Dr. Harper. | |
| 2 | G.C. | M | 6 | 8 | 4 | 103 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 115 | 8 | 7.1 | 11th child, home conditions unsatisfactory. | |
| 3 | T.S. | M | 7 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 81 | 3 | 40 | Home conditions unsatisfactory. | |
| 4 | J.A. | F | 7 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 55.5 | 16 | 2 | 81 | 48.5 | 37 | A twin, 5 incisors. (12 Mos.) | |
| 5 | G.E. | M | 7.5 | 6 | 4 | 75 | 13.5 | 9 | 2 | 90 | 6 | 7.7 | Died of Epidemic Enteritis. | |
| 6 | F.S. | M | 8 | 7 | 2 | 84 | 52 | 15 | 8 | 81 | 44 | 3.0 | Eight incisors, two molars. (12 Mos.) | |
| 7 | H.M. | F | 8.5 | 8 | 12 | 100 | 20.5 | 13 | 8 | 108 | 12 | 6.3 | Under Dr. Harper. | |
| 8 | G.W. | F | 9 | 7 | 11 | 87 | 27.5 | 14 | 6 | 99 | 18.5 | 5.8 | Two incisors. (6 Mos.) | |
| 9 | J.W. | M | 10 | 8 | 9 | 93 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 92 | 19 | 4.3 | 13th child, home conditions unsatisfactory. | |
| 10 | A.S. | F | 10 | 8 | 1 | 88 | 20 | 12 | 80 | 10 | 4.0 | Home conditions not very satisfactory. | ||
| 11 | W.W. | M | 10 | 7 | 8 | 82 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 12.0 | Taken ill with whooping cough, and went into Infirmary. | |
| 12 | L.W. | F | 10 | 9 | 4 | 100 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 80 | 9 | 0.6 | Two former children have wasted. | |
| 13 | R.S. | F | 10.5 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 54.5 | 17 | 4 | 87 | 44 | 4.0 | Illegitimate; had severe whooping cough, also D. and V. | |
| 14 | M.T. | F | 11 | 7 | 13 | 82 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 72 | 21 | 2.6 | Illegitimate : mother a hard drinker. | |
| 15 | H.K. | M | 11 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 4 | 2.0 | Under medical advice all the time. | |
| 10 | D.W. | F | 11.5 | 9 | 8 | 99 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 117 | 12.5 | 8.3 | Steady progress throughout H.C. good | |
| 17 | E.L. | F | 12 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 98 | 24 | 5.3 | Two incisors. (8 Mos.) | |
| 18 | D.L. | M | 12 | 10 | 4 | 105 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 113 | 29 | 5.0 | Two incisors. (9 Mos.) | |
| 19 | E.L. | F | 13 | 8 | 7 | 84 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 10 | 1.8 | Went into Infants Hospital. | |
| 20 | R.W. | M | 13 | 8 | 6 | 84 | 31.5 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 18.5 | 2.7 | Under Dr. Harper. [(12 Mos.) | |
| 21 | J.H. | F | 13.5 | 10 | 2 | 100 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 101 | 38.5 | 3.9 | Flight incisors, two molars, much bronchitis | |
| 22 | S.R. | M | 14 | 5 | 14 | 57 | 31.5 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 17.5 | 3.0 | Under Dr. Harper. | |
| 23 | E.A. | M | 14 | 12 | 14 | 126 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 112 | 21 | 4.0 | A severe illness in October. | |
| 24 | R.C. | F | 14.5 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 99 | 37.5 | 4.7 | Steady progress throughout. | |
| 25 | V.T. | F | 16 | 11 | 2 | 102 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 98 | 16 | 4.1 | ||
| 26 | L.J. | F | 16 | 8 | 4 | 76 | 54 | 14 | 13 | 75 | 38 | 2.8 | A twin, six incisors, home conditions(12 Mos.) | |
| 27 | R.J. | F | 16 | 9 | 6 | 80 | 56.5 | 15 | 6 | 76 | 40.5 | 2.4 | ,, ,, not very satisfactory | |
| 28 | E.S. | F | 19 | 7 | 4 | 61 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 74 | 11 | 5.6 | Under Dr. Harper. | |