[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames] page 20

Richmond upon Thames 1970

[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

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Putative Fathers

Marital Status		Ages		Countries of origin other than G.B.
Single	61	16 years	2	Countries of origin other than G.B.
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

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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