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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XL VIII.
Method of Feeding.
Age in Months.
0—3.
3—6.
6—9.
9—12.
Total
1.—Breast-fed only
9
2
1
1
13
Breast and cows' milk
...
...
1
...
1
Do. cows' milk and food
...
...
...
1
1
2.—Cows'milk only
8
13
7
4
32
Do. and condensed milk
...
2
1
...
3
Do. and farinaceous food
...
...
3
5
8
3.—Condensed milk only
3
4
2
2
11
4.— Do. and farinaceous food
...
3
2
1
6
5.—Unknown
...
5
...
2
7
Totals
20
29
17
16
82
Of the total of 75 children who died from these diseases
where the exact nature of the food given was ascertained, only 13,
or 17.3 per cent., were nursed by the mother without the addition
of any other food, and of these nine died in the first three months.
In 43, or 57 per cent., cows' milk, either alone or with condensed
milk or farinaceous food, was given; while in 17, or 22'6
per cent., condensed milk only, or condensed milk and farinaceous
food, was given. In seven cases no information could be obtained,
•three in Streatham, two in Tooting, and two in Wandsworth.
In many of the cases the enquiries of the Inspectors showed
that the children had been suffering from other diseases, or had
been delicate from birth.
The following exceptional cases may be cited as examples:—