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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
Bethnal Green 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Attendance records:—
New cases 263
Carried forward from 1932 32
Subsequent attendances 534
Total attendances 829
Doctors' consultations 207
Number of sessions 51
Average attendance per session 16.2
Results on discharge from the clinic :—
Breast fed 125
,, ,, with complementary feed 120
Weaned 20
Removals from district 8
Died 7
Carried forward to 1934 15
Total 295
Results shown by visiting home at 6 months :—
Breast fed 100
,, ,, with complementary feed 78
Weaned 87
Reasons for weaning in 87 cases :—
Mother refused to breast feed 36
Breast milk failed 33
Mother at work 6
pregnant 1
Twins 3
Illness of mother 4
baby 4
Failure of breast milk was due to :—
Worry of mother 12
Debility of mother 7
Home conditions 7
Badly managed infant 5
Illness of baby 2
Babies died Found dead in cot 2
Whooping Cough 1
Pneumonia 1
Marasmus 1
Gastro-Enteritis 2