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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BIRTHS INVESTIGATIONS.—TABLE V.
Totals | Age at Visit | Method of Feeding | Condition of Child | Mother's Work | Mother's Health | Condition of Tenement | No. of Rooms | First-bom | Twins | Illegitimate | ||||||||||||||||
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Breast only | Breast, etc. | Cows' 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 | |||||
Weeks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 0 to 1 | 39 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 30 | 7 | 3 | 35 | ... | 2 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
335 | 1 to 2 | 314 | 10 | 9 | 2 | ... | 287 | 43 | 5 | 296 | 6 | 26 | 7 | 274 | 54 | 7 | 293 | 28 | 14 | 115 | 174 | 43 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 4 |
324 | 2 to 3 | 288 | 17 | 14 | 5 | ... | 258 | 58 | 8 | 274 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 272 | 43 | 9 | 288 | 26 | 10 | 117 | 150 | 49 | 8 | 74 | 6 | 10 |
347 | 3 4 | 294 | 15 | 28 | 10 | ... | 278 | 61 | 8 | 305 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 290 | 39 | I dead 19 | 299 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 183 | 44 | 9 | 101 | 8 | 20 |
124 | 4 to 5 | 102 | 11 | 6 | 5 | ... | 104 | 18 | 2 | 106 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 113 | 7 | 4 | 112 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 68 | 24 | 6 | 32 | ... | 4 |
67 | 5 to 6 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ... | 58 | 8 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
61 | 6 to 7 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ... | 54 | 4 | 3 | 55 | ... | 1 | 5 | 53 | 8... | 57 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 21 | ... | ... | |
58 | 7 to 8 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ... | 50 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 6 | ... | 51 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... |
344 1700 | over 8 | 243 | 30 | 52 | 19 | ... | 301 | 31 | 12 | 289 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 301 | 30 | 13 | 305 | 25 | 14 | 67 | 191 | 72 | 14 | 83 | 4 | 8 |