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105
Not requiring or desiring visits 358
Visited 3491
Removed and not traced 260
Died during visitation 174
Remaining under supervision end of first year 3057
Stillbirths per 1,000 births 23.5
Mortality per 1,000 births, died before visit 21.3
Mortality per 1,000 visited 49.8
The feeding of infants during the first six months of life was as
follows:—
1. Those alive at end of completed year (December, 1926):—
Breast-fed 78
Mixed feeding 18.5
Hand-fed 3.5
2. Those who died:—
Breast-fed 44.8
Mixed feeding 28.7
Hand-fed 26.5
3. Comparison of rates of mortality between infants:—
Breast-fed 3.1
Mixed feeding 8.1
Hand-fed 30.2
Year of Birth.
1921 1922 1923 1924
Remaining under supervision:—
End of first year — — — 3067
,, second — — 3207 -
,, third ,, — 3199 — -
fourth ,, 3136 — — —