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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
Lambeth 1915
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1915
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| Under 3 months | 109 | 9—12 months | 54 |
| 3—6 months | 70 | Over 12 months | 38 |
| 6—9 months | 43 | 314 |
Of the 109 infants under 3 months, 10 were aged 14 days or
under, viz. :—3, 7, 10, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, and 14 days
respectively.
These 314 infants and children may be classified, as to their
states of health at the time of being put upon the milk, as follows :—
Healthy, i.e., showing no sign of wasting or disease, though below
par constitutionally 135, weakly 19, wasting 111, diseased 49.
The diseases from which the 49 infants and children were
actually suffering at the time of being put upon the milk were :
Diarrhoea 6, bronchitis 12, pneumonia 8, broncho-pneumonia 3,
indigestion 4, rickets 2, gastritis 3, sickness and diarrhoea 4,
measles 5, whooping cough 1 and jaundice 1.
The periods during which the 314 infants and children continued to use the milk were:—
| 26 weeks and over | 30 | Under 4 weeks— | |
| 13—26 weeks | 63 | 2—4 weeks | 45 |
| 6—13 weeks | 77 | Under 2 weeks | 58 |
| 4—6 weeks | 41 | 314 |
An average of 91 infants and children were fed per week at the
Depot, necessitating the distribution for the year of 171,599 bottles
of milk mixture, whilst, in addition, milk was also supplied as
follows:—
1. Lambeth Infirmary—using 12,939 pint bottles of milk
mixture ;
2. Lambeth Workhouse—using 3,654 pint bottles of milk
mixture ;
3. Lambeth Schools Infirmary—using 31,501 pint bottles
of milk mixture ;
*The Staff consists of a Manageress (Miss V. Berkeley), one permanent
Assistant (Miss Middlecote) and one temporary Assistant. Miss Berkeley
succeeded Miss Paterson (resigned) on July 8th, 1915.
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