[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of] page 44

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. Pancras, Ward VI. (East.)

II. EMPLOYMENT OF MOTHER IN RELATION TO HEALTH OF CHILD.

B.—Children dying in first year =					68	1 Particulars not obtained.
						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.
							at home	in lead.	otherwise	elsewhere.
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
		at home		by other person		9	_	—	3	6	l
		put out				0			—	—	1
		not ascertained				0	—	—	—	—	l
Feeding	breast alone		< 1 month			5	—	—	—	5	8	42
			< 2 months			2	—		1	1	11
			< 3 ,,			1	—	—	1	—	7
			<6 ,,			3	—	—	1	2	2
			< 6 ,, and over			2	—	—	1	1	0
	breast partly		< 1 month			0	—	—	—	—	0
			< 2 months			2	—	—	—	2	1
			< 3 „			2	—	—	—	2	0
			< 6 ,,			0	—	—	—	—	0
			(5 ,, and over			0		—	—	_	0
	artificial entirely .					5	1	1	—	3	7
	feeding not established					0	—	—	—	—	6