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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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The occupations (other than housework) in which the mothers were engaged were as follows:—
| At Home. | Out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Needlework | 14 | Charing | 101 |
| Laundry | 5 | Laundry | 13 |
| Helping in shops | 5 | Service | 13 |
| Taking in Lodgers | 4 | Street Selling | 10 |
| Caretaking | 3 | Waiting | 8 |
| Unstated | 1 | Bottle Washing | 5 |
| Dressmaking | 4 | ||
| Book-Keeping | 2 | ||
| Paper Folding | 1 | ||
| Paper Sorting | 1 | ||
| Tailoring | 1 | ||
| Barmaid | 1 | ||
| Upholstering | 1 | ||
| Mid. Wife | 1 | ||
| School Teaching | 1 | ||
| Barber's Assistant | 1 | ||
| Theatre Dresser | 1 | ||
| Typist | 1 | ||
| Unstated | 4 | ||
| 32 | 181 | ||
| At Home. | Out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailoring | 25 | Charing | 13 |
| Helping in shops | 10 | Tailoring | 10 |
| Caretaking | 8 | Laundry | 8 |
| Laundry | 3 | Waiting | 3 |
| Cigarette making | 2 | Street selling | 3 |
| Taking in Lodgers | 2 | Programme selling | 2 |
| Dressmaking | 2 | Service | 1 |
| Wig making | 1 | Bookfolding | 1 |
| 53 | 41 | ||
The following Table in reference to nationality refers to the eastern part of the City and summarises the figures for four years 1907—10:—
| Number of Cases. | Infants at the end of 12 months. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy. | Delicate. | Dead. | |||||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |||||
| 932 | British | 673 | 72.2 | 130 | 13.9 | 129 | 13.8 |
| 458 | Jewish | 323 | 70.5 | 93 | 20.3 | 42 | 9.1 |
| 160 | Italian | 127 | 79.3 | 12 | 7.5 | 21 | 13.1 |
| 73 | Various | 50 | 68.5 | 13 | 17.8 | 10 | 13.7 |