Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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No. of persons in family. | No. of families occupying the following number of rooms. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | |||||
l | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
2 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 7 | - | ||||
3 | 1 | 25 | 32 | 14 | 2 | ||||
4 | - | 6 | 13 | 4 | - | ||||
5 | - | 4 | 10 | 3 | - | ||||
6 | - | - | 4 | - | - | ||||
7 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||||
8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
9 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Totals | 2 | 48 | 90 | 29 | 3 |
The newly-born baby has not been included in the above.
Of these 172 births: —
1 per cent. occurred in 1-roomed tenements.
28 „ „ 2 „
52 „ „ 3 „
The table indicates the limited housing conditions in some of the
dwellings where babies are born at home. It demonstrates that of
these 172 babies, 2 were born in one-roomed tenements and 48 in tworoomed
tenements. In 1 one-roomed tenement where 3 persons were
already living, a baby was born. With regard to two-roomed homes,
in 4 instances, 5 persons were already inhabiting the rooms prior to
the birth of the baby, in 6 cases the baby's advent raised the number
of occupants to 5.
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.