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Haringey 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Haringey]

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Occupation
Representatives 2 Apprentice Engineer 1
Carpenter 5 Window Cleaner 2
Police Officer 3 Barman 2
Telephonist 1 Printer 1
Shop Manager 2 Confectioner 1
Office Worker 8 Furniture Remover 1
Machine Operator 2 Draughtsman 1
Butcher 1 Demonstrator 1
Welder 4 Asphalter 1
Driver 10 Porter 2
Mechanic 4 Aeroplane Worker 1
Electrician 3 Commercial Artist 1
Waiter 1 Dustman 1
Contractor 2 Railway Worker 1
R.A.F. 1 Apprentices 2
Merchant Navy 2 Builder-Decorator 11
Student 5 Labourer 13
Catering Manager 1 Shop Assistant 2
Apprentice Printer 1 Silversmith &
Civil Servant 1 Goldsmith 1
Self Employed 5 Factory worker 1
Engineer 4 Unknown 79
At the end of 1966 the Mothers who had decided
to keep their babies were living in the following way
Had returned to parents or relatives 32
Had married putative fathers 9
Were co-habiting 3
Baby to Foster Mother 6
Were living in flatlet house for mother with babies 2
Had returned to living in lodgings 29
Gone to putative father's parents 1
Gone to U.S.A. 1
Moved away before confinement 3
Unknown 31
Incomplete 50
Mothers who parted with babies
By Adoption 21
Taken into care 3
Third Party adoption 2
Still births 3
Baby died 1
Miscarried 1
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