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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table II. shows the number of infants visited a second time
and the method of feeding then found, the average age at the
second visit being from six to eight months.
Of the three infants re-visited in Clapham, one was still breastfed,
another was weaned and being fed according to the directions in
the pamphlet, and the third aged eight months, was having biscuits.
Of the five re-visited in Putney, two were still breast-fed,
one was weaned and was being fed according to the pamphlet, and
one was having Nestle's Milk.
In Streatham 13 were re-visited; of these two only were
weaned, one of whom was having Nestle's milk, and the other
farinaceous food.
In Tooting 39 were breast-fed, condensed milk and farinaceous
food having been discontinued in three instances. In 18 cases there
was no change of food, in eight unsuitable foods have been discontinued.
26 infants were being fed partly on the breast supplemented by cows'
milk, or wholly on cows' milk according to the pamphlet.
Only two Wards in Wandsworth, viz., Fairfield and Springfield
were systematically visited. The infants chosen for a second visit
in these wards were chiefly those who were being improperly fed
at the first call, as time did not permit of the re-visiting of many
owing to the number of births notified, hence the fall in the percentage
of those breast-fed.
Of the 30 re-visited in the Fairfield Ward, 15 were entirely breastfed,
condensed milk and farinaceous food having been discontinued in
four cases. In 10 instances no change had been made, and in five the
child was being fed partly on the breast supplemented by cows' milk
in lieu of condensed milk.
Of the 43 re-visited in the Springfield Ward, 28 were entirely
breast-fed, in five cases farinaceous food having been discontinued.
In four instances no change had been made in the method of feeding,
in four the child was being fed partly on the breast supplemented by
cows' milk or wholly on cows' milk according to the pamphlet, condensed
milk and farinaceous food having been discontinued.
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