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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 1923
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1923
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The weights of the children at birth are not always known ov recorded by the parents. As far as they are known they are given in the following table :—
| Weights at Birth. | District No. 1. | District No. 2. | District No. 3. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 4 lbs. | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4-5 lbs. | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 5-6 lbs. | 19 | 15 | 8 | 42 | ||
| 6—7 lbs. | 61 | 10 | 45 | 116 | ||
| 7—8 lbs. | 163 | 36 | 290 | 489 | ||
| 8—9 lbs. | 182 | 62 | 215 | 459 | ||
| 9-10 lbs. | 62 | 80 | 38 | 180 | ||
| 10—11 lbs | 17 | 60 | 0 | 77 | ||
| 11—12 lbs | 4 | 32 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Over 12 lbs. | 1 | 14 | 0 | 15 | ||
| Totals | 514 | 317 | 605 | 1,436 | ||
The fathers were mainly of the working class, and chiefly
labourers, porters, carmen, printers, packers, fitters, street
hawkers, motor drivers, newsvendors, warehousemen and postal
employees.
Milk and/or Dinners fop Mothers and Milk for Children—
The Council makes grants of milk and/or dinners to nursing
and expectant mothers, and grants of milk to babies under 1
year and children from 1 to 5 years of age.
The grants are given free or at a reduced cost in conformity
with a scale of income agreed to by the Borough Council and
approved by the Ministry of Health already reported.