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 |