Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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| Industrial work discontinued before confinement— | In case of mothers industrially employed in factory— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | Otherwise. | Elsewhere. | |
| 1 week | 65 | ||
| 3 | |||
| 2 weeks | 7 | 3 | |
| 3 weeks | 5 | ||
| 4 weeks | 5 | ||
| 8 weeks | 19 | ||
| 12 weeks | 11 | ||
| 26 weeks | |||
| Over 26 weeks | |||
| Industrial work resumed after confinement, within | |||
| 4 weeks | 72 | 1 | |
| 6 weeks | 24 | ||
| 8 weeks | 6 | ||
| 12 weeks | 10 | ||
| 52 weeks | |||
| Feeding—breast alone— | |||
| 1 month | 80% | ||
| 2 months | 70% | ||
| 3 months | 60% | ||
| 6 months | 40% | ||
| Feeding—breast partly— | |||
| 1 month | 15% | ||
| 2 months | 20% | ||
| 3 months | 23% | ||
| 6 months | 30% | ||
| Artificial entirely— | |||
| 1 month | 5% | ||
| 6 months | 30% | ||