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5. Mother, 18 years, weak, ill, and anaemic. Father,
18 years, a carman, earning 14s. per week. The baby,
now three weeks old, born in the Lying-in Hospital,
fat and thriving. Family lived in one room, which was
extremely clean.
6. Baby, 11 months old, weighing only 11 lb. 9 oz., ill-fed,
ill-clad, ricketty, and puny. The father died when the
child was 8 months old, in a lunatic asylum. The
mother was unable to get work, and was now living
on the insurance money.
7. Baby, few months old, wasting. The father was in the
infirmary with consumption of the lungs. The mother
was unable to find work, and contemplating going as
a domestic servant. She had had one other child, who
had died from a "confirmation of measles."
8. Mother, a laundress, works out. The father a horsekeeper.
The baby was breast fed for 3 months, and
after that time fed by a neighbour on cows' milk and
water. The mother had had 5 children, of whom 4 had
died all under the age of one year.
9. Baby, 3 months old, strong, fat, and healthy. Parents
Italian. Father a costermonger selling from a greengrocer's
barrow. The family occupy one room. The
room, bedding, and feeding utensils extremely clean.
WEIGHING CENTRES.
These are held in the afternoon at 2.30 p.m. at the following
times and places : —
Wednesday : The Branch Library, Penton Street.
Thursday : The Mothers' Guild, 65, St. John Street.
Thursday : St. Luke's Institute, Radnor Street.
Friday : The Committee Room, The Town Hall.
The babies are weighed at these centres and the weights entered
on cards, which the mothers keep and take home with them.