London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Group II.
| Mothers. | Surviving 1st Year. | Children. | Average Income of Family. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dying 1st Year. | Stillborn. | ||||||||
| Not industrially employed | 82.5 | 13.2 | 1.6 | 26 | |||||
| Employed in factory or workshop | 77.8 | 22.2 | — | 22 | |||||
| „ at home | 91.5 | 8.5 | — | 32 | - | ||||
| „ elsewhere | 82.0 | 16.4 | 1.6 | 24 | 7 | ||||
| Mothers. | Children Breast-fed. | Children Artificially Fed. | |||||||
| Months nd Over. | 2—3 Months. | 1 Month. | Partially. | ||||||
| Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | Percent. | |||||
| Not industrially employed | 78.7 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||||
| Employed in factory or work | |||||||||
| shop | 42.9 | 21.4 | 28.6 | — | 7.1 | ||||
| „ at home | 60.4 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.6 | 7.0 | ||||
| „ elsewhere | 54.9 | 27.4 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 9.8 | ||||
In these figures it appears that there is some relation between the
average income and the chance of the child surviving.
The Health Visitor has prepared a number of diagrams showing
how the visit to the infant leads to the discovery of other matters of
importance and value. One of these is appended as an example