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proportion die, as will be seen subsequently. Further, it is
probable that if we had obtained the returns three months later,
nothing like 80 per cent, would have been found to be breast-fed.
But the fact remains that in the first trimester of life the majority
of Finsbury children are breast-fed, and of that method of feeding
these two things may be said :—First, it is the most economical
for the family, and, secondly, it is by far the most healthy for the
child.

* These were 19 infants who died within a few hours of birth,
‡ This figure includes work of Mothers for a few months of pregnancy,
also intermittent work.