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Maternity and Child Welfare. 45
Infant Visiting.
There were 4,974 births during the year and 3,988 of these,
or 79.9 per cent. were visited, compared with 77.1 in 1923, 81.1
in 1922, and 77.2 in 1921.
Table XXIV. gives the particulars of the method of feeding
of infants on the occasion of the initial visit and when revisited.
Of 3,988 infants visited for the first time, 3,300 were entirely
breast-fed, while 245 were fed partly on the breast and partly
by other methods, and 443 were entirely bottle-fed.
On revisiting 1,565 infants were found to be fed entirely on
the breast, 533 were partially breast-fed, and 1,008 were fed
artificially.

93 of the infants visited were born prematurely, and 55 were
delicate from birth. Seven twin births were visited.