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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 1912
[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 | ||||
| 10 | I | I | Diarrhoea | 1 | ... | 8 | 1 | ... | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 14 | I | I | Prematurity | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ... | 1 | 3 | 13 | I | ... | 6 | 6 | 2 | ... | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 8 | I | Marasmus | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| 8 | Atrophy & developmental Bronchitis | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 | 1 | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | I | 4 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 15 | I | I | Pneumonia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 14 | 1 | ... | 10 | 2 | 3 | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | ... | Convulsions | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 2 | ... | Suffocation | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| 5 | ... | Measles | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Whooping Cough Tuberculosis | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Meningitis | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| including Tuberculous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Miscellaneous | 7 | ... | 8 | ... | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ... | 3 | 2 | 18 | ... | ... | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| 97 | 49 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 69 | 24 | 4 | 69 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 45 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 3 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |||