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5. M., 4 months; 23, M. Street (died 1902). Aunt of child has
phthisis and visits house. Child always had cows' milk.
6. F., 14 months; 61, N. Road (died 1901). No history of phthisis
in family. Child fed on cows' milk and Nestle's. Death from
phthisis in next house in 1902.
7. M., 12 months; 10, N. Street (died 1902). Mother has phthisis.
Aunt and two uncles of child died of phthisis, which has always
been prevalent in family. Child fed on mother's milk only.
8. M-, 12 months; of 10, P. Street (died 1902). Born and died in
the Workhouse.
9. M., 8 months; 3, R. Place (died 1902). Father died of phthisis;
a sister now at Highgate (probably with phthisis); and a grandmother
died in workhouse (also probably of phthisis).
10. F., 3 months; 3, S. Street (died 1902). Mother was taken to
hospital for confinement, had cancer, an operation was performed
for the purpose of delivery. Child was removed from hospital
to workhouse, and then to infirmary, where it died.
11. F , 2 months; 6, L. R. Street (died 1902). Maternal grandfather
died of phthisis; mother has "a weak chest" ; child fed on
human milk only.
12. F., 21 months; 26, V. Buildings (died 1901). Father has phthisis;
a twin-child died at 4 months of age of "mal-nutrition" ; cows'
milk, boiled sometimes. Child was sometimes taken care of at
No. 38 V. Buildings, where a death from phthisis occurred
in 1902.
13. F., 3 years; 79, W. L. Street (died 1901). No history of phthisis
in family, but child of 10 went to play in No. 78 W. L. Street,
where there was an acute case of phthisis. Cows' milk, boiled in
summer.
14. M., 3 months; 7, W. Street (died 1902). No history of phthisis in
family. Mother's milk till 6 weeks old, then cows' milk, "always
boiled. The mother of this infant was accustomed to visit a
phthisical friend in a neighbouring street.
15. F., 2 months; 2, B. Street (died 1902). No history of phthisis.
Human milk for 2 months, then Nestle's.
16. F., 3 months; 163, C Street (died 1902). Paternal grandfather
and some of the grandfather's brothers died of phthisis. A sister
of the deceased, aged 8, has phthisis. A little brother, aged 16
months, died in 1901 of phthisis in this house. Infant fed on
human milk only, but nursed by its phthisical sister.