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Paddington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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mortality in childhood.
TABLE 37.
"Diarrhœa," 1911.
| Ages. (Months.) | Known Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Recovering. | Dying.* | ||||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |
| 0—1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 1-3 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 0-3 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| 3-6 | 33 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
| 6-9 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 9-12 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 12—18 | 47 | 40 | 47 | 37 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 18—24 | 48 | 34 | 47 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Totals | 213 | 174 | 185 | 145 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 40 |
| Under 1 year | 118 | 100 | 91 | 75 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 35 |
| Aged 1—2 years | 95 | 74 | 94 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
* See footnote to Table 36.
TABLE 38. "Diarrhœa," 1911 Methods of Feeding: Children under One Year
| Method of Feeding. | Ages (Months). | Totals under One Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0— | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11— | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | m. | f. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | f. | M. | F. | |||
| Known Cases. | Recovering. | Breast | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 31 |
| Artificial | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 34 | |||
| Mixed | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | - | 13 | 9 | |||
| Not stated | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||
| Dying. , | Artificial | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 22 | 22 | |
| Mixed | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | -_ | -_ | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | ||
| Not stated | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | ||
| Breaths | Breast | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | |
| Artificial | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 29 | ||
| Mixed | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Not stated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | ||
In children under one year of age the method of feeding is of prime importance with
reference to risks of diarrhœa. In Table 38 an analysis is given of the methods of feeding both
among the children whose cases were known in life and those not so known.
From the information obtained by visiting new-born children it is possible to group such
children according to the methods of their feeding. A comparison of proportions (the