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Poplar 1929

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

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Stillborn (Stillbirths per 1,000 births, 29.3)100
Died before visit85
Not requiring or desiring visits113
298
Visited3.110
Removed within the year320
Died during visitation152
472
Remaining under supervision end of first year2,638
Mortality per 1,000 visited49

Table: The 2,638 children visited during 1929 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 2,638 children visited during 1929 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-fed78.8 per cent.
Mixed feeding16.4 „
Hand-fed4.8 „

Table: The 152 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

The 152 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—

Breast-fed48. per cent.
Mixed feeding30.2 „
Hand-fed21.7 „

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-fed34
(b) ,, who received mixed food (breast and hand)96
(c) ,, hand-fed207