Dr. Reginald Farrar's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Borough of Oldham.

  • Farrar, Reginald, 1861-1921.
Date:
1909
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Credit: Dr. Reginald Farrar's report to the Local Government Board on the sanitary circumstances of the Borough of Oldham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At second visit. Number of births revisited during 19U8 ... 351 „ infants still on breast ... ... 246 5, „ artificially fed ... ... 105 These figures are. obviously, incomplete, but, so far as they go, they tend to confirm the impression I deidved from information supplied by the women inspectors and from more general inquiries, that in most cases married women do not return to work in the factories after the birth of their first child. As a rule they devote themselves to their domestic duties. The proportion of squat and bandy-legged persons—the results of rickets in infancy—in Oldham is notoriously high, and cannot fail to attract the attention of the observant stranger, and a large number of ricketty children are to be seen. This is sometimes attributed to neglect of their maternal duties on the part of women employed in factories ; but may be due to other causes. The following table shows the proportion in 1901 of unmarried and of married and widowed females at various age-groups engaged in occupations in those towns of Lancashire which have populations exceeding 100,000. It shows that the proportion of married and widowed women engaged in occupations is less in Oldham with its higher death-rate than in Blackburn or Preston, but greater than in Bolton, Liverpool, Manchester or Salford. Of the Lancashire towns having populations at the census of less than 100,000, Bui’nley, Bury and Rochdale show a higher proportion than Oldham of married and widowed women engaged in occupations, but all of these have a lower death-rate than Oldham :— Towns in Lancashire with over 100,000 population.—Fro portion of unmarried and of married or ividowed females, at various f/roups of ayes, enyayed in occupations. Note.—The figures in italics relate to the Married or Widoiced. Proportion per cent, at ages 10 years and upwards. 1 Blackburn Bolton ... I Liverpool | Manchester Oldham Preston Salford 'i ...j -I -1 Total 10 years and 10— 15— 20— 25— 35— 45— upwards. 76-5 40-3 91-9 93-2 90-4 83-4 75-2 37-9 — 7T7 66-5 53-5 , 39-4 27-0 71-7 32-6 89-1 88-7 84-4 78-3 71-0 15-1 — 35'4 24-0 14-8 15-0 14'5 50-2 6-8 63-7 71-2 70*3 66-9 63-9 14-5 — 8-2 8-2 9-2 15-8 20-2 63-3 16-7 81-4 83-9 80-4 77-4 741 19-3 — 28-4 17-8 IS-4 20-0 23-6 70-4 29-4 88-7 88-9 84-4 78-2 70-4 20-0 — 42-0 33-6 24-6 20-7 16-1 73-8 .35-5 90-2 90-9 . 87-1 82-2 75-5 30-5 — 60-3 52-8 38-5 31-1 25-0 62-6 18-1 81-8 83-4 79-4 74-8 69-8 16-6 — 20-2 18-4 13-6 17-0 20-U
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