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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
St Pancras 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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SUMMARY.
I.—CASES CINDER INQUIRY (414).
| 414 | 114 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 year | 114 | 92 | 26 | 20 | 45 | 258 | 300 | |||||
| ,, „ „ and dying in first year | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 42 | ||||||
| (Only those babies born alive and registered were visited) | Premature births . | 11 | —. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |||||
| Not ascertained | 8 | — | — | 1 | 7 | 11 | ||||||
| Age of mother | < 25 years | 114 | 16 | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 300 | |||
| < 35 years | 24 | 6 | — | 5 | 13 | 78 | ||||||
| Over 35 years | 14 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 36 | ||||||
| Not ascertained | 60 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 153 | ||||||
| Previous confinements | Miscarriages, Still Births, (i.e., Total Number, not Total of Mothers) | 28 | 7 | — | 6 | 15 | 68 | |||||
| Childien | (born alive | 385 | 99 | — | 53 | 233 | 1030 | |||||
| now living | 254 | 79 | — | 29 | 146 | 797 | ||||||
| (died in first year | 61 | 10 | — | 10 | 41 | 103 | ||||||
| No previous confinement .. | 28 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 46 | ||||||
| Status of mother (at first visit after birth) | living with husband | 114 | 106 | 26 | 23 | 56 | 296 | 300 | ||||
| living apart | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| widowed | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| single | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Reason for industrial employment of mother | A—as sole or main source of income | (a) 4 | — | |||||||||
| — | (b) 3 | _ | ||||||||||
| B—to supplement small in come | (a) 22 | («) 1 | (a) 18 | (a) 42 | _ | |||||||
| _ | ||||||||||||
| C—preference for industrial work | (a)— | a) — | (a) 1 | — | ||||||||
| (b) — | (b)- | — | ||||||||||
| (a)—during pregnancy. | ||||||||||||
| (b)=after birth. | ||||||||||||
| Households (No. of) | 114 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 60 | 300 | ||||||
| Average (at first visit after birth) | No. of rooms per household1 No. of persons per room* | 1.7 | 2.4 | — | 1.3 | 1.6 | 16 | |||||
| (including lodgers) | 4.8 | 51 | — | 3.7 | 5.0 | 2.6 | ||||||
| Rental* (weekly) | 6s 1d. | 7s. 4d. | _ | 5s. 3d. | 5s. 10d. | 6s. 4½d. | ||||||
| Average weekly earnings of mother | before 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.