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Lambeth 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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MUNICIPAL MILK DEPOT.
The statistics for 1916 are subjoined.
290 new infants and children were entered upon the Register and fed, their ages being at the time of commencing the milk:—
| Under 3 months | 101 |
| 3—6 months | 92 |
| 6—9 months | 52 |
| 9—12 months | 34 |
| Over 12 months | 11 |
| 290 |
Of the 101 infants under 3 months, 14 were aged 14 days or
under, viz.:-4, 5, 7, 7, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14,
and 14 days respectively.
These 290 infants and children may be classified, as to their
states of health at the time of being put upon the milk, as follows: —
Health} 7 , i.e., showing no sign of wasting or disease, though below
par constitutionally 140, weakly 34, wasting 82, diseased 34.
The diseases from which the 34 infants and children were
actually suffering at the time of being put upon the milk were:
Diarrhœa 6, bronchitis 3, pneumonia 1, broncho-pneumonia 1,
tabes mesenterica 2, colitis 1, skin diseases 4, ophthalmia 3,
parotitis 1, rickets 1, gastritis 6, whooping cough 4 and convulsions
1.
The periods during which the 290 infants and children continued to use the milk were:—
| 26 weeks and over | 41 |
| 13—26 weeks | 40 |
| 6—13 weeks | 68 |
| 4—6 weeks | 34 |
| Under 4 weeks— | |
| 2—4 weeks | 51 |
| Under 2 weeks | 56 |
| 290 | |
An average of 118 infants and children were fed per week at the
Depot, necessitating the distribution for the year of 199,008 bottles
of milk mixture, whilst, in addition, milk was also supplied as
follows: —
1. Lambeth Infirmary—using 20,730 pint bottles of milk
mixture;
2. Lambeth Workhouse —using 3,168 pint bottles of milk
mixture;
3. Lambeth Schools Infirmary —using 17,488 pint bottles
of milk mixture;