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Combative Measures Adopted.—At the end of the year
1904 the request made by the Lewisham Borough Council, in
common with other Metropolitan Boroughs, for a weekly return
of births registered in the district was granted, and in consequence
we have now had the advantage of this information for
the whole of the year 1905. These lists are delivered every
Monday morning and examined by your Medical Officer of
Health, and a selection of homes made where it is thought
desirable to send special information in regard to the rearing
and feeding of infants. To the selected homes a pamphlet
on infant feeding and management, written in a popular style,
is distributed by post. (See Appendix 4.) These pamphlets
have been very greatly appreciated, and it is hoped that it has
in many instances drawn the attention of uneducated parents
to the necessity of breast feeding, and to the many pitfalls