View report page

The children breast fed are nearly twice as many as those not
breast fed. Many of the children when first brought were
ascertained to be fed chiefly on boiled bread, or biscuits.
Work and Status of Parents.—These are included to exhibit
the social status and character of the parents who resort to the
weighing centres. The occupations show that the fathers are
mainly of the working class, and chiefly General Labourers,
Carmen, Porters, Packers and Warehousemen. These occupations
were as follows:— General Labourers (83), Carmen (49),
Porters (47), Packers (19), Warehousemen (15), Painters (9),
Clerks (8), Printers (7), Metal Polishers (6), Window Cleaners (9),
Liftmen (6), Shop Assistants (6), Asphalters (4), Cabinet Makers
(4), Cabmen (4), Chauffeurs (4), Cloth Workers (4), French
Polishers (4), Goods Checkers (4), Horse Keepers (4), Engineers
(3), General Dealers (3), Bacon Dryers (3), Stokers (3), Leather
Cutters (3), Milkmen (3), Bookbinders, Butcher's Assistants,
Carpenters, Cellermen, Cooks, Coalheavers, Cocoa Roasters,
Engine Drivers, Furriers, Gasfitters, Gilders, Glass Workers,
Glassbevellers, Ironworkers, Innkeepers, Jewellers' Assistants,
Masons, Mosaic Workers, Newsvendors, Organ Grinders, Paper
Cutters, Policemen, Sawyers, Silversmiths, Soldiers, Skin Sorters,
Tinplate Workers, Waiters, Walkingstick Makers, Wood
Carvers, Wood Turners (2 each), Baker, Bat Maker, Bill Poster,
Brass Worker, Bricklayer, Basket Maker, Box Cutter, Cab Tout,
Canvasser, Caretaker, Card Gilder, Conductor, Clock Case