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
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Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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TABLE XI.
| Ages of Infants in three-monthly periods. | Total under twelve months. | Total for 7 years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—3. | 3—6. | 6-9. | 9-12. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 1 | 1909 15 | ||
| Food of Infants. | Breast milk only | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 51 | |||||||
| Cows' milk only | 3 | 1 | 11 | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | .. | 6 | 3 | 18 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 125 | |
| Condensed milk only | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 18 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 15 | 9 | 60 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 71 | |
| Artificial foods only | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .... | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 2 | 40 | .. | 4 | 9 | 7 | 71 | |||
| Breast & cows' milk.. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
| ,, & condensed milk | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 30 | ||||||
| ,, & artificial foods | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 28 | ||
| Mixed foods | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 32 | |||
| Not stated | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 38 | |||||||||
| .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | •• | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 17 | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 55 | .. | 5 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 201 | 13 | 34 | 87 | 32 | 425 | ||
| State of Mother's Health. | Good health | 4 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 34 | (j | 8 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Moderate | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 35 | .. | 5 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 127 | 7 | 28 | 58 | 19 | 279 | |||||||||||
| Bad | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 55 | |||
| .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 60 | |||||
| Not stated | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 19 | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 31 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 55 | .. | 5 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 201 | 13 | 34 | 87 | 32 | 425 | ||
| Mother's State as to Occupation. | No occupation | 4 | .. | 27 | 2 | 7 | 17 | :5 | 7 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 36 | .. | 4 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Occupied at work | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 140 | 9 | 23 | 62 | 24 | 281 | ||||||
| Not stated | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 113 | ||||
| _ | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 16 | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 55 | .. | 5 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 201 | 13 | 34 | 87 | 32 | 425 | ||
| Method of Feeding. | Breast | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | C | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 51 | |||||||||
| Bottle (boat shape) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 18 | 8 | 17 | .. | 1 | 9 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| without tube | 2 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 37 | .. | 4 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 133 | 9 | 23 | 52 | 25 | 260 | |
| Otherwise | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .... | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Not stated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | _ | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | |||
| .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 35 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 64 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 55 | .. | 5 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 201 | 13 | 34 | 87 | 32 | 425 | ||