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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table A 2.—
| Number of Cases. | Children's Health. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy. | Delicate. | Dead. | |||||
| Number. | Per Cent. | Number. | Per Cent. | Number. | Per Cent. | ||
| 272 | Including 8 still-births and 1 death with insufficient information to include in general table | 180 | 62.2 | 49 | 18.1 | 43 | 15.8 |
| 264 | Excluding the 8 still-births | 180 | 68.2 | 49 | 18.6 | 35 | 13.2 |
| 263 | Including 2 sets of twins | ||||||
| 104 | Block | 75 | 72.1 | 16 | 15.4 | 13 (3) | 12.5 |
| 159 | Tenement | 105 | 66.0 | 33 | 20.7 | 21 (3) | 13.2 |
| 222 | Good | 161 | 72.5 | 32 | 14.4 | 29 (6) | 13.0 |
| 41 | Bad | 19 | 46.3 | 17 | 41.5 | 5 | 12.1 |
| 221 | Comfortable | 160 | 72.4 | 32 | 14.5 | 29 (5) | 13.0 |
| 40 | Poor | 19 | 47.5 | 16 | 40.0 | 5 (1) | 12.5 |
| 2 | Unstated | ||||||
| 167 | Domestic work | 116 | 69.5 | 29 | 17.4 | 22 (3) | 13.1 |
| 53 | Working at home | 41 | 77.3 | 7 | 1 3. 2 | 5 (1) | 9.5 |
| 41 | Working out | 21 | 51.2 | 13 | 31.7 | 7 (2) | 17.1 |
| 2 | Unstated | ||||||
| 205 | Strong | 147 | 71.7 | 34 | 16.6 | 24 (4) | 11.7 |
| 56 | Delicate | 32 | 57.1 | 15 | 26.8 | 9 (2) | 16.1 |
| 2 | Unstated | ||||||
| 169 | Breast | 123 | 72.8 | 29 | 17.1 | 17 | 10.0 |
| 12 | Partly a (under 6 weeks) | 10 | 83.3 | 2 | 16.7 | — | — |
| 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 7 | 50.0 | _ | _ | |
| 25 | Bottle | 16 | 64.0 | 6 | 24.0 | 3 | 12.0 |
| 32 | Unstated | ||||||
| 11 | Died under 1 week | ||||||
| 225 | Good | 164 | 72.9 | 33 | 14.7 | 28 (6) | 12.4 |
| 38 | Bad | 16 | 42.1 | 16 | 42.1 | 6 | 15.8 |