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. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V.
BIRTHS INVESTIGATIONS, 1910.
| Method of Feeding | Condition of Child | Mother's Work | Mother's Health | Condition of Tenement | No. of Rooms | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| totals | Age at Visit | Breast only | Breast, etc. | Cow's milk | Artificial or Condensed | Not fed | Well nourished | Fairly nourished | Badly nourished | None | Away from home | Ditto intermittent | Some home work | Good | Indifferent | Bad | Clean | Fairly clean | Dirty | One | Two | Three | Four or more | First-born | Twins | Illegitimate |
| Weeks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 122 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 7 | — | 19 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 493 | 438 | 18 | — | 451 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 49 | 21 | 442 | 41 | 10 | 114 | , 264 | 93 | 9 | ||||||||
| 458 | 2 to 3 | 399 | 24 | 33 | 2 | — | 412 | 39 | 437 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 375 | 49 | 421 | 8 | 130 | 59 | 9 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 223 | 15 | 18 | 5 | — | 237 | 15 | 9 | 245 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 210 | 14 | 239 | 18 | 72 | 35 | 11 | 61 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 137 | 121 | 9 | 5 | 2 | — | 118 | 13 | 117 | 3 | 13 | 109 | 15 | 13 | 122 | 36 | 81 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 to 6 | 18 | 12 | — | 90 | 17 | 97 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 64 | '7 | 21 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 107 | 6 to 7 | 78 | 11 | 13 | — | 10 | — | 2 | 90 | 9 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 21 | 4 | — | 1 | ||||||||
| 7 to 8 | 23 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 341 | 8 to 12 & over | 248 | 30 | 15 | — | 279 | 304 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 23 | 91 | 184 | 57 | 9 | 72 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||