Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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WEEKS. | Number of Children entirely Breast-fed up to end of this period.1 | Number discontinued entire Breastfeeding before end of succeeding Week. | Partial Breast-feeding continued for | WEEKS. | Number of Children entirely Breast-fed up to end of this period. * | Number discontinued entire Breastfeeding before end of succeeding Week. | Partial Breast-feeding continued for | ||||||
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Less than Three Months. | Three Months but less than Six Months. | Six Months but less than Normal Lactation. | Normal Lactation and beyond. | Less than Three Months. | Three Months but less than Six Months. | Six Months but less than Normal Lactation. | Normal Lactation and beyond. | ||||||
1 | 351 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 217 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 315 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 215 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
8 | 331 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 209 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | 321 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 208 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
5 | 312 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 203 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | I |
6 | 306 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 202 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
7 | 296 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | 289 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 191 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | 283 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 186 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | 274 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 185 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
31 | 263 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | o | 31 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 260 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 162 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
13 | 251 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 246 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 148 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
15 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
l6 | 241 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 132 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
17 | 238 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | 237 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
19 | 223 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
20 | 222 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 71 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
71 | 58 | 31 | 35 | 156 | |||||||||
124 |
* Fourteen babies were entirely bottle-fed before the end of the first week of life.