[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of] page 13

City of Westminster 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table A.—South (Westminster, Pimlico, Knightsbridge).

Number of Cases.		Infants.
		Healthy.		Delicate.		Dead.
		Number.	Per Cent.	Number.	Per Cent.	Number.	Per Cent.
923	(13 cases twins)	689	74.7	42	4.5	*192 (42)	20.8 (4.5)*
	a. Housing (type of house) —
266	Block	219	81.4	9	3.4	41 (8)	15.2 (2.9)
592	Tenement	431	71.6	32	5.3	139 (32)	23.1(5.3)
52	Cottage	39	75.0	1	1.9	12 (2)	23.1 (3.8)
	b. Sousing (sanitary conditions)—
707	Good	549	76.8	27	3.8	139 (28)	19.4 (3.9)
137	Indifferent	93	655	8	5.6	41(11)	28.9(7.7)
66	Bad	47	712	7	10.6	12 (3)	18.2 (4.5)
81	(Basement)	57	70.4	5	6.2	19 (2)	23.4 (2.5)
	c. Poverty —
665	Comfortable (over 25s.)	519	77.2	21	3 1	132(26)	19.7(3.8)
212	Poor (21s. to 25s. inclusive)	146	67.9	18	8.4	51(13)	23.7 (6.0)
35	Very poor (under 21s,)	24	66.7	3	8.3	9 (3)	25.0 (8.3)
	d. Mother's Work—
765	No occupation	583	75.4	35	4.5	155(34)	20.1 (4.4)
24	Working at home	17	65.4	3	11.5	6 —	23.1 —
121	Working out	89	71.8	4	3 2	31 (8)	25.0 (6.4)
	e. Mother's Health—					\ /
852	Strong	658	76.3	34	39	171 (41)	19.8(4.7)
58	Delicate	31	51.7	8	133	21 (1)	35.0(1.6)
	f'. Mode of Feeding†—
578	Breast	540	93.4	21	3.6	17	3.0
93	(a) „ (under 2 months)	34	36.6	6	6.4	53	57.0
54	(b) „ (over 2 months and under 6 months)	28	519	4	7.4	22	40.7
132	Bottle	87	659	11	8.3	34	25.8
* Figures in brackets denote the number still-born, † 66 infants—42 still-born, 24 dying within 1 week, excluded.

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Table B.

Number of Cases.	Mother's Work.	Mother's Health.		Confinement.
Number of Cases.	Mother's Work.	Healthy.	Delicate.	Normal.	Abnormal.
765	No occupation	709 (92.7)	56 (7.3)	715 (93.5)	50 (6.5)
24	Home work	21 (87.5)	3 (12.5)	21 (87.5)	3 (12.5)
121	Working out	111 (917)	10 (8.3)	114 (94.2)	7 (5.8)
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The figures in brackets denote the percentage.