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St Pancras 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Inquiry as to Industrial Employment of Married Women and Infant Mortality (1908).

SUMMARY.

Area St. Pancran, Ward VI. (East).

I.—CASES CINDER INQUIRY (414).

414114 Mothers industrially employed .. { | Inffmta in >'ear-
300 Mothers not industrially emloyed "
Total, in case of mother industrially employed.In case of mothers industrially employed.In case of mothers not industrially employed.
At home.In factory or workshop.Elsewhere.
Other wise
Children born alive and survivingfirst year114922612045258300
,, „ „ and dying in first year221151542
(Only those babies born alive and registered were visited)Premature births .11—.24518
Not ascertained81711
Age of mother< 25 years11416141133300
< 35 years24651378
Over 35 years1421236
Not ascertained601511430153
Previous confinementsMiscarriages, Still Births, (i.e., Total Number, not Total of Mothers)28761568
Childien(born alive38599532331030
now living2547929146797
(died in first year61101041103
No previous confinement ..2842101246
Status of mother (at first visit after birth)living with husband1141062612356296300
living apart52121
widowed
single31113
Reason for industrial employment of motherA—as sole or main source of income(a) —(a) 1(a)4(a) 4
lb) —(b) 3(b) 6_
B—to supplement small in come(a) 22(«) 1(a) 18(a) 42_
(b) 21(b) —(b)12(b) 42_
C—preference for industrial work(a)—a) —(a) —(a) 1
(b) —(b)—(b)-(b) —
(a)—during pregnancy.
(b)=after birth.
Households (No. of)1142722560300
Average (at first visit after birth)No. of rooms per household1 No. of persons per room*1.72.41.31.616
(including lodgers)4.8513.75.02.6
Rental* (weekly)6s 1d.7s. 4d._5s. 3d.5s. 10d.6s. 4½d.
Average weekly earnings of motherbefore confinement* after confinement*
Average total weekly income of family*

* It will be useful to amplify these if possible to show the number of—
Households with 1, 2, 3, 4, &c., rooms.
Rooms with 1, 2, 8, 4, &c., persons.
Rentals under 2s. 6d., 5s., 7s. 6d., &c.
Earnings under 5s., 10s., etc.