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Poplar 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The 2,971 children visited during 1927 and remaining under supervision at the end of their first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 2,971 children visited during 1927 and remaining under supervision at the end of their first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed75.0 per cent.
Mixed feeding21.0 „
Hand-fed3.9 „

Table: The 136 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 136 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed53.7 per cent.
Mixed feeding30.9
Hand-fed15.4 „

Table: Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates of children fed by the various methods:—

Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates of children fed by the various methods:—

(a) Babies breast-fed32
(6) ,, who received mixed food (breast and hand)63
(c) /, hand—fed151