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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
Marylebone 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Totals | First-born | Twins | Method of Feeding. | Mother's Health | Mother's Work | Condition of Tenement | No. of Rooms in Tenement | Age in Months. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast only | Breast, etc. | Cows' milk | Artificial and condensed | Not fed | Good | Indifferent | Bad | None | Away from home | Ditto intermittently | Some home work | Clean | Fair | Dirty | One | Two | Three | Four or more | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 34 | 5 | I | Diarrhœa | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | ... | 28 | 3 | 3 | 28 | ... | 5 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 14 | I5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | Prematurity | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ... | 19 | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Marasmus | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Atrophy and developmental | 6 | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | ... | ... | 10 | 6 | 2 | ... | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| 5 | ... | ... | Bronchitis | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Pneumonia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | ... | Convulsions | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | Suffocation | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | Measles | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 3 | ... | 3 | Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 4 | ... | 1 | Tuberculosis | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 8 | ... | 1 | Meningitis including Tuberculous | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 15 | ... | 1 | Miscellaneous | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 2 | 1 | 15 | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | 4 | ... | 5 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 135 | 30 | 12 | 53 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 109 | 13 | 13 | 117 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 131 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 14 | 4 | 49 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||