Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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METHODS OF FEEDING & INFANT MORTALITY.
The following Table and Notes have been drawn up by
Dr. Sandilands with a view of demonstrating the influence of different
methods of feeding on the infantile mortality of Finsbury:—
Percentage of Infants at several Ages Fed in Different Ways.
Age in Months. | Causes of Death and Survivors. | Condensed Milk. | Human and Condensed. | Cow's Milk. | Human and Cow's. | Total Artificial. | Human Milk. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 3 Months. | Diarrhœa | 16 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 76 | 24 | 100 |
All other Causes | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 64 | 100 | |
Survivors | ||||||||
3-6 | Diarrhœa | 24 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 86 | 14 | 100 |
All other Causes | 12 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 60 | 40 | 100 | |
Survivors | ||||||||
6-9 | Diarrhœa | 14 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 83 | 17 | 100 |
All other Causes | 18 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 57 | 43 | 100 | |
Survivors | ||||||||
9-12 | Diarrhœa | 16 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 68 | 32 | 100 |
All other Causes | 4 | 16 | 10 | 33 | 63 | 37 | 100 | |
Survivors | ||||||||
12-18 | Survivors |