[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames] page 16

Richmond upon Thames 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]

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The Mothers (continued)
Ages
14 years 2
15 „ 2
16 „ 7
17 „ 16
18 „ 19
19 „ 27
20 „ 21
21-30 40
31-40 17
Over 40 1
Countries of origin
other than G.B.
Ireland 10
India 1
Pakistan 1
China 1
Finland 1
W. Germany 1
Cyprus 1
Putative Fathers
Marital Status
Single 76
Married 33
Divorced 5
Unknown 38
Occupation
Doctor 1
Dentist 1
Teachers 3
Students 13
Office Workers 56
Swimming
Instr. 1
Manual 39
Unknown 38
Ages
16 years 2
17 „ 4
18 „ 9
19 „ 21
20 „ 22
21-30 35
31-40 5
Unknown 54
Countries of origin
other than G.B.
Ireland 7
Pakistan 4
Persia 2
Lebanon 1
W. Indies 3
Greece 1
Cyprus 1
Turkey 1
China 1
Australia 3
S. Africa 1
Italy 2
W. Germany 1
America 3

Table: Ways in which unsupported mothers have been helped.

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Ways in which unsupported mothers have been helped.

By admission to working girls hostels in early pregnancy	25
By admission to maternity homes and hostels	73
By admission to flatlet house for mothers and babies	3
By providing private accommodation	5
By reconciliation with parents and relatives	10
By private financial agreements and affiliation orders	26
By adoption through registered adoption agencies	42
By fostering arrangements	14
By residential nurseries	3
By baby being taken into care by Children's Dept.	3

Table: At the end of 1965 the mothers who decided to keep their babies were living in the following way

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At the end of 1965 the mothers who decided to keep their babies were living in the following way

Had returned to parents or relatives	52
Had married putative father	11
Were co-habiting	16
Had accepted residential work	5
Were living in flatlet house for mother with babies	3
Were living in. lodgings	7
Mothers who parted with babies
By adoption	42
Taken into care	3
Arrangements still incomplete	10
Still births	3
	152

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Table: Ways in which unsupported mothers have been helped.

Table: At the end of 1965 the mothers who decided to keep their babies were living in the following way