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Births at home—Housing Conditions.
Information has been recorded, wherever possible, of the housing
conditions of families in which a birth occurred at home. The following table shows an analysis of 169 instances where these births were
visited, and where the information was obtainable:—
No. of
persons
in
family.
No. of families occupying the following number of rooms.
1 room.
2 rooms.
3 rooms.
4 rooms.
5 rooms.
1 - - - - -
2 4 16 30 6 -
3 — 21 28 7 1
4 — 8 2 3 1
5 — 1 9 — —
6 — — 4 3 1
7 — — 1 1 —
8 — — 1 — —
9 — — 2 1 —
Totals 4 46 95 21 3
The newly-born baby has not been included in the above.
Of these 169 births:—
2 per cent, occurred in 1-roomed tenements.
27 „ ,, 2 ,,
56 „ „ 3 ,,
The table indicates the limited housing conditions in some of the
dwellings where babies are born at home. It demonstrates that of
these 169 babies, 4 were born in one-roomed tenements and 46 in tworoomed
tenements. In 4 one-roomed tenements where 2 persons were
already living, a baby was born. With regard to two-roomed homes,
in 1 instance 5 persons were already inhabiting the rooms prior to
the birth of the baby, in 8 cases the baby's advent raised the number
of occupants to 5. In 2 three-roomed tenements there were 9 persons
occupying the rooms before the birth of the child.
Notification of removal of children from the Borough.
It is our practice to notify the appropriate District whenever a
family in which there are young children removes from the Borough.