London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE B. BIRTH INVESTIGATIONS, 1909.
| Totals. | Age at Visit. weeks. | Method of Feeding. | Condition of Child. | Mother's Work. | Mother's Health. | Condition of Tenement. | No. of Rooms. | First Born. | Twins. | Illegitimate. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast only. | Breast and other food. | Cows' Milk. | Artificial or Condensed. | Died socn after birth. | Well Nourished. | Fairly Nourished. | Badly Nourished. | House work only. | Away from Home. | Away from Home intermittently. | Some Home Work. | Good. | Indifferent. | Bad. | Clean. | Fairly Clean. | Dirty. | One. | Two. | Three. | Four. | |||||
| 101 | 0-1 | 70 | — | 6 | — | 25 | 59 | 17 | 25 | 67 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 75 | 22 | 4 | 66 | 30 | 5 | 39 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| 215 | 1-2 | 197 | 12 | 9 | 4 | — | 153 | 48 | 14 | 133 | 25 | 38 | 19 | 164 | 38 | 13 | 148 | 55 | 12 | 62 | 94 | 47 | 12 | 47 | 11 | 5 |
| 210 | 2-3 | 197 | 1 | 9 | 3 | — | 142 | 60 | 8 | 127 | 18 | 39 | 26 | 159 | 42 | 9 | 141 | 53 | 16 | 64 | 96 | 35 | 15 | 52 | 8 | 2 |
| 119 | 3-4 | 98 | 10 | 7 | 4 | — | 76 | 31 | 12 | 72 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 96 | 18 | 5 | 69 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 56 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 5 | 3 |
| 53 | 4-5 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 40 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 9 | — | 39 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
| 50 | 5-6 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 34 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 15 | - | — |
| 33 | 6-7 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 9 | — | 7 | 2 | — |
| 31 | 7-8 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 11 | — | 1 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | — | 14 | — | — |
| 60 | 8-12 over | 46 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 35 | 19 | 6 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| 66 | 12 | 44 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 41 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 938 | — | 781 | 46 | 59 | 27 | 25 | 626 | 215 | 97 | 584 | 114 | 137 | 103 | 721 | 176 | 41 | 617 | 253 | 68 | 285 | 413 | 182 | 58 | 258 | 42 | 15 |
| % | 82.5 | 5 | 6.5 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 22.5 | 10.5 | 62.5 | 12 | 14.5 | 11 | 77 | 19 | 4 | 66 | 27.5 | 6.5 | 30.5 | 44 | 19.5 | 6 | 27.5 | 4 | 1.5 | |