Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year 1919 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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Feeding.
Age period. | Breast. | Mixed feeding. | Hand fed. | Not stated. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 year | 51 | 23 | 62 | 10 |
1 to 2 years | 10 | 30 | 154 | 10 |
Medical Advice Obtained. | ||||
Same day | 56 | |||
1 day | 94 | |||
2 days | 97 | |||
3 days | 47 | |||
4 days | 21 | |||
5 days | 13 | |||
6 days | 14 | |||
7 days | 15 | |||
No information or too doubtful to use | 138 | |||
Vital Statistics, 1918. | ||||
All births, including those occurring in out-lying districts, but belonging to the Borough and stillbirths | 3,245 | |||
Attended by doctors | 498 | |||
Attended by midwives | 2,270 | |||
Delivered in institutions | 368 | |||
Not stated | 109 | |||
Stillborn | 102 | |||
Died before visit | 77 | |||
Not requiring or not desiring visits | 292 | |||
Visited | 2,774 | |||
Removed and not traced | 229 | |||
Died during visitation | 173 | |||
Remaining under supervision end of first year of birth | 2,372 | |||
Mortality per 1,000 births | 95.3 | |||
Stillbirths per 1,000 births | 31.4 | |||
Mortality per 1,000 visited | 67.9 | |||
The feeding of the infants during the first six months of life was as follows:— | ||||
1. Those alive at end cf completed vear (December, 1918)— | ||||
Breast fed | 76.1 per cent. | |||
Mixed feeding | 20.2 „ | |||
Hand-fed | 3.6 „ | |||
2. Those who died— | ||||
Breast fed | 53.7 „ | |||
Mixed feeding | 36.9 „ | |||
Hand-fed | 9.2 „ | |||
3. Comparison of rates of mortality between infants— | ||||
Breast-fed | 4.8 per cent. | |||
Mixed feeding | 11.3 | |||
Hand-fed | 15.6 |