London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Limehouse 1898
Report on the sanitary condition of the Limehouse District (comprising the Parishes of Limehouse, Shadwell, and Wapping, and the Hamlet of Ratcliff) for the year 1898
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Of those under 1 year of age, 104 were breast-fed and 130
were reared on artificial food, and the various foods used were as
follows:—
Nestle's Milk 45
Cow's Milk 38
Mellin's Food 10
Ridge's Food 7
Hatfield's Food 3
Allen and Hanbury's Food 5
Condensed Milk 3
Humanised Milk 2
Corn Flour 1
Benger's Food 1
Nursery Biscuits 4
Mellin's Food and Hatfield's Food 2
„ Nestle's Milk 3
„ Cow's Milk 1
Allen and Hanbury and Cow's Milk 1 11
Nestle's Milk and Ridge's Food 3
„ Allen and Hanbury's Food 1
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The second Table represents the diseases from which the infants died, and the relative percentage of breast-fed infants and of those brought up on artificial foods.
| Diseases. | Total. | Under One Year. | Above One Year. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast. | Artificial. | Breast. | Artificial. | Family gone away. | ||
| Bronchitis, Broncho-Pneumonia and Pneumonia | 65 | 17 | 27 | 5 | - | 16 |
| Cardiac failure | 1 | 1 | - | - | — | |
| Convulsions | 22 | 6 | 5 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Debility | 2 | 2 | - | - | — | |
| Inanition & debility from birth | 14 | 6 | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Dentition | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Dyspepsia | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Diarrhœa | 73 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Gastritis, Enteritis, and Gastro-Enteritis | 38 | 7 | 16 | 3 | - | - |
| Marasmus | 35 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 |