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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 B 1.—
| Mother's Work. | Mother's Health. | Confinement. | Mode of Feeding. | Care of Child and Home. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Cases. | Strong. | Delicate. | No. of Cases. | Normal. | Abnormal. | No. of Cases. | Breast. | Partly a. | Partlyb. | Bottle. | No. of Cases. | Good. | Bad. | |
| Domestic— N o. of Cases | 704 | 579 (11) | 125 (6) | 711 | 649 (13) | 62 (4) | 619 | 445 | 35 | 49 | 90 | 706 | 663(14) | 43 (2) |
| Per cent. | 82.2 | 17.8 | 91.3 | 8.7 | 71.9 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 14.5 | 93.9 | 6.1 | ||||
| Working at home— No. of Cases | 31 | 23 (2) | 8.0 | 32 | 29(1) | 3(1) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 29 (2) | 2(0) |
| Per cent. | 74.2 | 90.6 | 9.4 | 57.7 | 15.4 | 7.7 | 19.2 | 93.5 | 6.5 | |||||
| Working out— No. of Cases | 177 | 140 (5) | 37 (3) | 181 | 170(5) | 11(3) | 164 | 98 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 178 | 124 (6) | 54(2) |
| Per cent. | 79.1 | 20.9 | 93.9 | 6.1 | 59.7 | 4.3 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 69.7 | 30.3 | ||||
Table B 2.—
| Domestic— No. of Cases | 167 | 131(1) | 36 (2) | 167 | 147 (2) | 20(1) | 138 | 111 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 167 | 147 (3) | 20 |
| Per cent. | 78.5 | 21.5 | 88.0 | 12.0 | 80.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 10.2 | 88.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| Working at home— No. of Cases | 53 | 43 (1) | 10 | 53 | 51(1) | 2 | 44 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 47 (1) | 6 |
| Per cent. | 81.1 | 18.9 | 96.2 | 3.8 | 65.9 | 91 | 9.1 | 15.9 | 88.7 | 11.3 | ||||
| Working out— No. of Cases | 41 | 31 (2) | 10 | 41 | 34(2) | 7 | 38 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 12 |
| Per cent. | 75.6 | 24.4 | 82.9 | 17.1 | 76.3 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 70.7 | 29.3 |