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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Heston and Isleworth 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Heston Ward.Houn-slow North Ward.Houn-slow South Ward.Isleworth North Ward.Isleworth South Werd.Heston and Isleworth Urban District.
Births notified96185302143113839
Births visited65161269132119746
Feeding—Natual60141237122110670
Artificial512208651
Both...681318
None...241...7
Still Births4272318
Sleeping with parents461161929464512
Using comforter24761284039307
Mother working during pregnancy81644171196
Births unnotified1618223249137
Births unvisited4742554343230
Births revisited5810316414395560

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The percentage of the births notified under this Act during
1914 was 83, an increase over the figures 80 for 1913 and 70 for
1912.
The percentage of children (89) who are receiving mother's
milk shews a slight increase over that of last year, 87.
The number of Still Births notified this year is 18; it is
noteworthy that this is the only reliable figure which is available
as to the number of Still Births in the district. It is a matter
which requires further investigation that one child in 46 born is
still-born. It is extremely likely that the causes operating to
produce Still Births are of the same nature as those which produce