Annual report for the year 1919 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow page 104

Poplar 1919

Annual report for the year 1919 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow

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Table: Feeding.

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Feeding.

Age period.	Breast.	Mixed feeding.	Hand fed.	Not stated.
Under 1 year	51	23	62	10
1 to 2 years	10	30	154	10
Medical Advice Obtained.
Same day				56
1 day				94
2 days				97
3 days				47
4 days				21
5 days				13
6 days				14
7 days				15
No information or too doubtful to use				138
Vital Statistics, 1918.
All births, including those occurring in out-lying districts, but belonging to the Borough and stillbirths				3,245
Attended by doctors				498
Attended by midwives				2,270
Delivered in institutions				368
Not stated				109
Stillborn				102
Died before visit				77
Not requiring or not desiring visits				292
Visited				2,774
Removed and not traced				229
Died during visitation				173
Remaining under supervision end of first year of birth				2,372
Mortality per 1,000 births				95.3
Stillbirths per 1,000 births				31.4
Mortality per 1,000 visited				67.9
The feeding of the infants during the first six months of life was as follows:—
1. Those alive at end cf completed vear (December, 1918)—
Breast fed			76.1 per cent.
Mixed feeding			20.2 „
Hand-fed			3.6 „
2. Those who died—
Breast fed			53.7 „
Mixed feeding			36.9 „
Hand-fed			9.2 „
3. Comparison of rates of mortality between infants—
Breast-fed			4.8 per cent.
Mixed feeding			11.3
Hand-fed			15.6