[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough] page 257

Poplar 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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257
Enquiry as to Industrial Employment of Married Women and
Infant Mortality, 1909.

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SUMMARY.

I.—Cases under Enquiry—90.

	In case of mothers industrially employed				In case of mothers not industrially employed.
	at home.	in factory or workshop		elsewhere.
	at home.	in lead.	otherwise.	elsewhere.
Children born alive, and surviving first year	16	..	11	4	44
Do. and dying in first year	2	..	..	1	12
Miscarriages, Still Births, Premature Births*	..	..	..	..	..
Age of mother—
Under 25 years	..	..	5	1	6
Under 35 years	8		4	1	28
Over 35 years	10	..	2	3	20
Previous confinements—
Miscarriages, Still Births	..	..	..	..	8
Children born alive	91	..	25	21	266
Do. now living	70	..	15	17	184
Do. died in first year	15	..	8	3	47
No previous confinement	..	..	3	..	1
Status of mother—
Living with husband	18	..	10	5	53
Living apart	..	..	..	..	..
Widowed	..	..	..	..	1
Single	..	..	1	..	..
Reason for industrial employment of mother—
A—As sole or main source of income	..	..	4	1	..
B—To supplement small income	18	..	7	4	..
C—Preference for industrial work	..	..	..	..	..
Households (No. of) (1 room, 8; 2 rooms, 32; 3 rooms, 30; 4 rooms, 10; 5 rooms, 5; 6 rooms, 1)	18	..	11	5	54
Average No. of rooms per household	2.8	..	1.8	2.6	2.7
Average No. of persons per room (including lodgers) 6 persons per room, 1; 5 persons per room, 1; 4 persons per room, 8	2.4	..	2.2	2.4	2.2
Average rental (under 2/6, 7; under 5/6, 60; under 7/6,11)	5/9	..	3/9	4/9	5/1
Average weekly earnings of mother—
Before confinement	5/-	..	9/-	..	..
After confinement	5/-	..	9/-	6/-	..
Average total weekly income of family	26/-	..	23/1	17/8	22/9

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* Not dealt with.