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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
129 visits were in Clapham, 89 in Putney, 201 in Streatham,.
707 in Tooting, and 1,142 in Wandsworth.
Of the 2,268 infants visited, it was found that 1,824, or 80.4
per cent., were wholly breast-fed, while 444, or 19.2 per cent., were
otherwise fed.
If, however, we add to the number wholly breast-fed the
number of children in which other foods were given in addition
we find that the percentage is increased to 89.2, a slight increase
compared with the previous years.
146, or 6 per cent., were fed on cows' milk only, but nine had
other foods in addition, raising the percentage to 6.4, a decrease
compared with 1908, when the percentage was 6 7.
76 had condensed milk only, and six had condensed milk and
food, a total of 82, or 3.6 per cent., an increase of 1 per cent,
compared with 1908.
Eight infants were fed on farinaceous and other foods, compared
with 11 in the previous year.
With reference to the cases re-visited, it was found that out
of a total of 948, 617 or 65 per cent, were still breast-fed only,
compared with 66.7 per cent, in 1908; while taking other foods
with the breast the percentage was 77'8.
The total number of deaths among those visited by the
Inspectors was 57 (one in Putney, four in Streatham, 18 in Tooting,
and 34 in Wandsworth). Table LII. shows these deaths
arranged in monthly age periods.
The mortality among the infants visited by the Inspectors
was only 25, compared with 86 per 1,000, the rate for the Borough
for the year.