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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
Croydon 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE B.—The same information expressed ages.
| Of all infants investigated under 6 months. | infants dying from other Diarrhœal Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Fed only | per cent. 64.2 | per cent. 35.0 | Percent. 70.0 |
| Breast and subsequently Cow's Milk | 4.8 | ... | 3.0 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 4.5 | 10.0 | 2. 0 |
| Ditto Other foods | 5.4 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Breast and simultaneously Cow's Milk | 3.9 | 15.0 | 2.0 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 2.3 | ... | ... |
| Ditto Other foods | 2.8 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Entirely Hand Fed—Cow's Milk | 4.5 | 20.0 | 1 0 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 2.8 | 5.0 | 6 |
| Ditto Other foods | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 |
Table B shows that 35 per cent. of infant deaths from diarrhœa
diseases occurred amongst breast-fed children, and the remaining
65 per cent. amongst children who were either entirely hand fed or
had artificial kinds of food as well as breast fed.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT (1907).
This Act was adopted by the Council on January 13th, and
came into force on February 19th, 1908, after confirmation by the
Local Government Board. During the past year 2,015 notifications
were received. These births were notified as follows:—
Notified by medical men 603
Notified by parents 481
Notified by certified midwives 931
2,015
Stillborn births notified 51
Total 2,066
MIDWIVES' ACT, 1902.
Nineteen midwives attended at the Infant and Children Centre,
228, London Road, for inspection, etc., during 1917. One hundred
visits were paid by the Inspector of Midwives to the houses of 30
midwives. During the year 7 registered midwives withdrew from
practice and left the district, and 5 new names were added, leaving 28
on the register on December 31st, 1917.