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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
Stepney 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE SHOWING THE FEEDING OF INFANTS AT DIFFERENT PERIODS DURING THE FIRST YEAR
OF INFANCY.
| Nature of Food. | Weeks. | Months. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Breast only | 700 | 698 | 661 | 616 | 581 | 516 | 472 | 399 | 337 | 176 | 106 | 39 | — | - | — |
| Breast and Artificial Food. | — | 2 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 76 | 90 | 143 | 149 | 270 | 317 | 306 | 305 | 260 | 248 |
| Artificial Food only | — | — | 5 | 46 | 46 | 94 | 113 | 126 | 168 | 198 | 208 | 276 | 302 | 342 | 349 |
| Dead at | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Removed at | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| Dead and Removed Carried forward.) | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 32 | 46 | 56 | 69 | 79 | 93 | 98 |
| Total | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 700 |