[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden] page 46

Willesden 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table No. 39.

Table shewing the number of visits and re-visits to Expectant and Nursing Mothers:—

Year.	No. of first visits to Expectant Mothers.	No. of re-visits to Expectant Mothers.	No. of first visits to Nursing Mothers.	No. of re-visits to Nursing Mothers.
1918	195	149	1,099	2,313
1919	371	580	2,233	6,198

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Infant Death Inquiries.—Table No. 40.

Year.	No. of deaths of Infants under 1 year	No. of Infant Death Inquiries	No. of deaths of Children 1 year and under 5 years	No. of Death enquiries for Children 1 year and under 5 years
1913	325	300	-	-
1914	337	231	-	-
1915	344	266	-	-
1916	283	189	-	-
1917	309	230	-	-
1918	258	212	192	100
1919	242	182	98	77

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Table No . 41.

Method of Feeding of Children attaining 1 year of age during 1919.

No. of children solely breast fed for:—
Less than 1 month	86
1 month and less than 2 months	88
2 months and less than 3 months	135
3 „ „ 4 „	116
4 „ „ 5 ,,	84
5 „ „ 6 ,,	89
6 „ „ 7 „	95
7 „ „ 8 ,,	80
8 „ 9 „	152
9 ,. „ 10 „	360
10 „ „ 11 „	134
11 „ „ 12 „	93
12 or over	52
No. of children solely hand fed	141
No. of children breast and hand fed (this does not include children who were first breast fed and subsequently breast and hand fed)	61
No. of children breast and hand fed while under 6 months of age who were originally solely breast fed	216
No. of children solely hand fed while under 6 months of age who were originally solely breast fed	314
No. of children for whom no report available who were originally solely breast fed	68
No. of cases in which breast and hand feeding was continued when the child was over 9 months of age	311