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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
Poplar 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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2. Those who died—
Breast-fed 51.6
Mixed Feeding 31.2
Hand-fed 17.2
3. Comparison of rates of mortality between infants—
Breast-fed 2.8
Mixed feeding 6.0
Hand-fed 13.0
Year of Birth.
1920 1921 1922 1923
Remaining under supervision :—
| End of first year | — | — | — | 3337 |
| ,, ,, second ,, | — | — | 3327 | — |
| ,, „ third ,, | — | 3250 | — | — |
| ,, fourth ,, | 3697 | — | — | — |
| Found | 5 | 22 | 41 | 105 |
| Given up | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| Removed and not traced | 116 | 116 | 129 | 152 |
| Died | 14 | 20 | 36 | 78 |
| Remaining under supervision:— | ||||
| End of second year | — | — | — | 3207 |
| ,, ,, third ,, | — | — | 3199 | — |
| „ „ fourth ,, | — | 3136 | — | — |
| „ ,, fifth ,, | 3572 | — | — | — |