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In Miss Hammond's district, comprising the South
and West Wards, 1,597 births were notified. She made
2,947 visits and revisits to the homes of the mothers. By
far the greater number of infants were wholly breast-fed
and about 20 per cent, partially so, the bottle-fed babies
amounting to about 15 per cent, of the total. As previously
noted, this district bears a good record for
maternal feeding.
In Mrs. Hodgkins district, comprising the North
and East Wards of the Borough, 1,614 births were notified,
necessitating a total of 2,229 visits and revisits.
Mrs. Hodgkins reports that all but 6 per cent, of the
infants were breast-fed, whilst under her supervision.
The return of the mothers to their ordinary avocations
probably more or less seriously affected this figure. The
extension of the practice of mothers going into factories
and workshops, or receiving work at home, has vastly