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Maternity and Child Welfare. 57
Infant Visiting.
There were 3,791 births during the year and 3,352 of these,
or 88.4 per cent., were visited compared with 89.1 in 1933, 89.0
in 1932, 90.9 in 1931, 84.1 in 1930 and 84.1 in 1929.
Table XXX. gives particulars of the method of feeding
of infants on the occasion of the initial visit and when revisited.
On the first visit it was found that 2,001 of the 3,352
infants visited were being fed from the breast entirely.

Age of infant on subsequent visit.
Method
of Feeding.
Under
1 month.
1-3
months.
3—6
months.
6—12
months.
Total.
Breast-fed
81
597
795
501
1974
Otherwise fed
24
244
607
1626
2501
It was found that in 552 of the births, doctors had been in
attendance, while in 1,042 the services of midwives had been
utilised. 1,757 infants were born in hospitals and other institutions.