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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| Enquiries made after death— Industrial work discontinued before confinement— | In case of mothers industrially employed in factory— | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| At Home. | Otherwise. | Elsewhere. | |
| 1 week | 25 | 2 | |
| 2 weeks | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 weeks | 9 | ||
| 4 weeks | 7 | ||
| 8 weeks | 1 | ||
| 12 weeks | 1 | ||
| 26 weeks | |||
| Over 26 weeks | |||
| Industrial work resumed after confinement, within | |||
| 4 weeks | 28 | ||
| 6 weeks | |||
| 8 weeks | |||
| 12 weeks | |||
| 52 weeks | |||
| Feeding—breast alone— | |||
| 1 month | |||
| 2 months | |||
| 3 months | |||
| 6 months | 128 | ||
| Feeding—breast partly— | |||
| 1 month | |||
| 2 months | |||
| 3 months | |||
| 6 months | 29 | ||
| Artificial entirely | 150 | ||