Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 visit | 85 |
Not requiring or desiring visits | 113 |
298 | |
Visited | 3.110 |
Removed within the year | 320 |
Died during visitation | 152 |
472 | |
Remaining under supervision end of first year | 2,638 |
Mortality per 1,000 visited | 49 |
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-fed | 78.8 per cent. |
Mixed feeding | 16.4 „ |
Hand-fed | 4.8 „ |
The 152 children who died during the first year of life, were fed during the first six months of life as follows:—
Breast-fed | 48. per cent. |
Mixed feeding | 30.2 „ |
Hand-fed | 21.7 „ |
Below is a statement comparing the mortality rates of children fed by the various methods:—
34 | |
96 | |
(c) ,, hand-fed | 207 |