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Hackney 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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It is obvious that information having the slightest value from
a statistical point of view could only be ascertained by making
special research ; and, as a matter of fact, special enquiry has been
made to obtain the information forming the subject of this report.
With respect to (a), the Health Visitor of the Borough Council
has made enquiries, during the past month, respecting the nutrition
of the children under school age of every nursing mother visited
by her.
The results are summarised in the following table
| Period during which enquiries were made. | No. of Families whom enquiries were made. | No. of Families the Nutrition of whose Children is suffering from the Wai. | No. of Children under school age so suffering. |
|---|---|---|---|
| From 1st to 31st October. | 222 | 19 | 41 |
It will be seen from the above that rather over 8.5 per cent, of
the children of the families visited are suffering in their nutrition
from conditions arising out of the War. In all these cases the
nutrition of the children is affected owing to the parents being
thrown out of employment, either partially or wholly; this being
due to the War. These figures are quite distinct from and in addition
to, the distress due to the normal shortage of work at this
time of the year. This latter appears from enquiries to be as acute
as it was at the corresponding period in 1913. (b) This I have
divided into two parts:—
1.—Enquiries of employers were made by the Inspector
appointed to inspect workshops where women are employed. The
result of these enquiries are set out in the following table:—