Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,939 children, 1,577, or 81.3 per cent. were breast fed on first being visited, but 338, or 17.4,
had no separate sleeping accommodation. The particulars in respect of Housing accommodation show that only 583 of the families
visited had a house to themselves, while 113 families were living in one room.
The 1930 figures were 612 and 168 respectively.
Ward. | How Fed. | Kind of Food. | Sleeping Accommodation. | Condition of Baby. | Accommodation. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast. | Breast and Hand. | Hand. | Cow's Milk. | Patent Foods. | Condensed Milk. | With Mother. | Cot or Cradle. | Good. | Fair. | Bad. | Whole House. | Flat. | Half-house. | 3 Rooms. | 2 Rooms. | 1 Room. | |
St. James Street | 303 | 17 | 53 | 17 | 32 | 21 | 80 | 293 | 316 | 40 | 17 | 83 | 30 | 72 | 33 | 111 | 44 |
High Street | 244 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 47 | 224 | 235 | 32 | 4 | 46 | 74 | 59 | 21 | 54 | 17 |
Hoe Street | 250 | 16 | 48 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 49 | 265 | 275 | 35 | 4 | 78 | 23 | 127 | 22 | 53 | 11 |
Wood Street | 196 | 12 | 44 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 53 | 199 | 215 | 27 | 10 | 70 | 14 | 89 | 13 | 53 | 13 |
Hale End | 247 | 30 | 53 | 32 | 35 | 16 | 37 | 293 | 264 | 55 | 11 | 138 | 7 | 77 | 35 | 56 | 17 |
Higham Hill | 337 | 16 | 46 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 72 | 327 | 354 | 42 | 3 | 168 | 97 | 59 | 30 | 34 | 11 |
Total | 1,577 | 97 | 265 | 121 | 162 | 79 | 338 | 1,601 | 1,659 | 231 | 49 | 583 | 245 | 483 | 154 | 361 | 113 |