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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
Tottenham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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LIVE BIRTHS.
| Registrar-General's Figures—M. | 1,176 |
| F | 1,212 |
| 2,388 | |
| Local Information :— | |
| Total Births notified | 2,456 |
| Less Still Births | 76 |
| Total Live Births | 12,380 |
| *Births outside the District included in above | |
| Council cases in District Maternity Home | 66 |
| Other cases notified from District Maternity Home | 258 |
| Notified from other Outside Institutions | 231 |
| 555 | |
The Registrar's and the local figures do not agree because they
relate to different periods. The local notifications are those of children
born within the year. The Registrar's figures are those of children
registered within the year.
BREAST FEEDING.
As the result of the Health Visitors' enquiries, it was ascertained that the infants have been fed as follows:—
| Breast-fed for 6 months or over | 1,812 |
| Part breast-fed—plus milk, dried milk or condensed | 247 |
| Bottle feeding—Cows' milk | 123 |
| Dried milk | 73 |
| Other artificial foods | 50 |
| Feedings unknown | 39 |
| Information refused | 36 |
| 2,380 |