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The feeding of these infants during the first six months of life was as
follows:—
(1) Those alive at end of completed year (December, 1910):—
Breast-fed 79.48 per cent.
Mixed feeding 18.45 „
Hand-fed 2.07 ,,
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(2.) Those who died:—
Breast-fed 61.26 per cent.
Mixed feeding 24.32 ,,
Hand-fed 14.42 ,,
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(3.) Comparison of rates of mortality between infants:—
Breast-fed 7.78 per cent.
Mixed feeding 12.61 „
Hand-fed 43.24 ,,
453 of the infants born in 1909 attended the Consultation Days, the
average attendance of each being 5.28. At the Glasgow Corporation
Centre, the only place from which information is available for comparison,
the average attendance of each is given as 3.7.
I remain, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
ALICE E. HALL,
Certificates—Royal Sanitary Inst.; Land.
Insp. Exam. Board; Lond. Obst. Soc.
Central Midwives Board, etc.