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 Richmond upon Thames]
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The Mothers
| Marital Status | Domicile | Occupation | ||||
| Single | 99 | In area | 76 | Office Workers | 56 | |
| Divorced | 4 | Outside area | 31 | Factory Workers | 10 | |
| Separated | 3 | Religion | Domestic and Hotel Workers | 9 | ||
| Widowed | 1 | |||||
| Education | C. of E. | 70 | Nurses | 7 | ||
| R.C. | 27 | Student's and Schoolgirls | 14 | |||
| Sec. Mod. | 86 | Free Church | 7 | |||
| Grammar | 10 | Buddhist | 1 | Teachers | 5 | |
| Convent | 3 | Mohammedan | 1 | Civil Servants | 3 | |
| Training College | 5 | Lutheran | 1 | University Lecturers | 1 | |
| University | 3 | Social Worker | 1 | |||
| Accountant | 1 | |||||
| Ages | Countries of origin other than G.B. | |||||
| 14 years | 2 | |||||
| 15 „ | 3 | Eire | 14 | |||
| 16 „ | 9 | Australia | 3 | |||
| 17 „ | 15 | France | 2 | |||
| 18 „ | 6 | Morocco | 1 | |||
| 19 „ | 12 | Mauritius | 1 | |||
| 20 „ | 8 | Ethiopia | 1 | |||
| 21-30 yrs. | 41 | Italy | 1 | |||
| 31-40 „ | 10 | Thailand | 1 | |||
| 42 „ | 1 | Sweden | 1 | |||
Putative Fathers
| Marital Status | Ages | Countries of origin other than G.B. | |||
| Single | 61 | 16 years | 2 | ||
| Married | 24 | 17 „ | 4 | Eire | 14 |
| Separated | 7 | 18 „ | 10 | W. Indies | 3 |
| Unknown | 15 | 19 „ | 10 | France | 2 |
| 20 „ | 19 | Canada | 2 | ||
| Occupation | 21-30 yrs. | 36 | India | 3 | |
| Teachers | 11 | 31-50 „ | 24 | Australia | 2 |
| Lecturers | 2 | Unknown | 2 | ||
| Students | 22 | ||||
| Chefs | 2 | ||||
| Male Nurses | 2 | ||||
| Manual Workers | 29 | ||||
| Office Workers | 32 | ||||
| Unknown | 7 | ||||
Ways in which unsupported mothers have been helped.
| By admission to working girls hostels in early pregnancy | 11 |
| By admission to maternity homes and hostels | 26 |
| By providing private accommodation | 8 |
| By reconciliation with parents or relatives | 14 |
| By private financial agreements or affiliation orders | 9 |
| By adoption through registered adoption agencies | 30 |
| By fostering arrangements and private nurseries | 21 |
| By temporary care provided by the Children's Department pending other arrangements | 2 |
| By satisfactory residential posts | 2 |
| By gifts of clothing, cots, prams and grants | 12 |
| By arrangements made for residential care but later cancelled | 11 |
| By vacancies found in flatlet houses | 3 |