Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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SUMMARY.
II. EMPLOYMENT OF MOTHER IN RELATION TO HEALTH OF CHILD.
B.—Children dying in first year = | 68 | 1 Particulars not obtained. | ||||||||||
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22 Mothers industrially employed. | ||||||||||||
42 Mothers not industrially employed. | ||||||||||||
Total in case of mothers industrially employed | In case of mothers industrially employed | In case of mothers not industrially employed. | ||||||||||
at home | in factory or workshop | elsewhere. | ||||||||||
in lead. | otherwise | |||||||||||
Industrial work discontinued before confinement | Not begun during this Pregnancy | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | In the cases of 42 deaths the mother was not industrially employed at all. | ||||
< 1 week | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
< 2 weeks | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||
< 3 ,, | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
< 4 ,, | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |||||||
< 8 ,, | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
<12 ,, | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |||||||
<26 ,, | 7 | — | — | 2 | 5 | |||||||
Over 26 weeks | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
Period not ascertained | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Industrial work resumed after confinement within | 4 weeks | 5 | 1 | — | — | 4 | ||||||
6 ,, | 2 | — | — | i | 1 | |||||||
8 ,, | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | |||||||
12 ,, | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
52 ,, | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Not within year | •5 | — | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
Period not ascertained | 4 | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Nursed (at last visit) | at home | by mother | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 42 | |||
by other person | 9 | _ | — | 6 | l | |||||||
put out | 0 | — | — | 1 | ||||||||
not ascertained | 0 | — | — | — | — | l | ||||||
Feeding | breast alone | < 1 month | 5 | — | — | — | 8 | 42 | ||||
< 2 months | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
< 3 ,, | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | ||||||
<6 ,, | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
< 6 ,, and over | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
breast partly | < 1 month | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | |||||
< 2 months | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||||
< 3 „ | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||||
< 6 ,, | — | — | — | — | 0 | |||||||
(5 ,, and over | 0 | — | — | _ | 0 | |||||||
artificial entirely . | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 7 | ||||||
feeding not established | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 |