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Food of the Sixty.Five Hand.Fed Infants.
Cows milk and barlev water 32
Cows milk and boiled bread 8
Cows milk and a patent food 9
Condensed whole milk and water 7
Condensed milk and a patent food 3
A patent food and butter 5
The breast " and what we have ourselves" 1
Occupation of Fathers of 64 Deceased Infants.
Labourer 16
Porter 6
Carman 4
Bricklayer, Butler, Carpenter, Laundryman, Clerk, Tailor (2 each) 12
Painter, Slater, Pointer, Flower.seller, Motor Cleaner, Baker,
Farrier, Postman, Newsagent, Gardener, Chef, Street Musician,
Railway employe, Greengrocer, Coachman, Photographer,
Hawker, Blacksmith, Warehouseman, Music Hall Attendant,
Builder, Shopkeeper, Policeman, Pianist, Footman, Wheelwright
(one each) 26
Occupation of Mothers of 13 Illegitimate Children.
Domestic Servant 7
Charwoman, Laundress (two each) ... ... ... ... 4
Housekeeper, Corset Maker (one each) ... ... ... 2
Occupation of Parents of 13 Deceased Children, 1.5 Years.
Labourer... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11
Horsekeeper ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
Carman, Cabman ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
Artizan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
Porter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
Soldier. Meat Carrier, Carpet beater. Hosier. Potman (1 each) ... 5
Domestic Servant, Charwoman (illegitimate), 1 each ... ... 2
INFLUENZA.
Fifty.two deaths were registered from influenza, as compared with 41, 50, and 49, in the
three preceding years; 30 in the Town sub.district, and 22 in Brompton. The deaths in London,
as a whole, from this cause, were 859, against 644, 709, and 689, in the preceding three years.
DEATHS FROM OTHER "GENERAL" DISEASES.
Syphilis was the cause of 15 deaths, all of them in the Town sub.district.
Puerperal Diseases caused seven deaths—between 25 and 55 years of age—all of them in
the Town sub.district : nine deaths were registered as having occurred from accidents connected