[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infantile The Peri°d of time that the working mothers stayed at home after con- Ar , finement is approximately as follows:— Morca li Ly. J Under two months ; 47 Two or three months 22 Three or four months 24 Four to live months 13 Five to six months 20 Not commenced work at six months’ end 483 Not stated 9 Total 024 FEEDING.—The following figures, from enquiries made at the end of six months, shew how the children were fed :— Breast fed 492 Mixed . 103 Artificial 400 Not stated 74 Total 1129 ATTENDANT AT BIRTH.— Medical Men 370 Midwives and other women 743 Not stated 4 Total 1117 NURSING.—When a mother returns to work the child is generally nursed by a relative, if no relative is available the child may be nursed out, that is, it is taken in the morning to a neighbouring house and left there all day, being taken home again when the mother has finished work. In many cases, however, the child stays all week and is brought home only for the week ends. The following figures show how the children of working mothers were nursed, a result of the enquiries at the end of six months. Many of these shown as nursed by the mother died before reaching the age of six months. Nursed at Home— By Mother 492 Grandmother 38 Other relative 10 540 Nursed out— By Grandmother 18 Aunt 6 Other persons 57 81 Total 021 Nursing not stated 15 Total 636* * Including twelve twin births.