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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
St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Mode of Feeding of Infants visited during the year 1908. Representing the actual number of Infants visited, and the mode of Feeding at the time of First Inquiry, that is,
| Infants dying before the establishment of Breast Milk. | Under 1 month. | Total Fed. | Total Infants. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 week. | 1-2| weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3— 4 weeks. | —2 | —3 | —4 | — 5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | —10 | —11 | —12 | ||||
| Breast Feeding. | 5 | 13 | 275 | 147 | 38 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 500 | ||||
| (30) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed Feeding | — | — | 25 | 20 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | |||||
| (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hand Feeding . | 5 | 27 | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | ||||||
| Total in each Period | 12 | 39 | 327 | 182 | 49 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 609 | 621 | |||
| Breast Feeding. | 76.92 | 84.09 | 80.78 | 77.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Mixed Feeding . | 5.12 | 7.64 | 10.98 | 12.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Hand Feeding | 17.94 | 8.25 | 8.24 | 10.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
* The number of Infants visited after 4 months was too small for the proportionate percentages to be of any value.