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St Pancras 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE III A.
The Mode of Feeding of Infants (who were Alive at the time of Inquiry) during the year 1905. Representing the actual number of Infants visited, and the mode of feeding at the time of inquiry, that is,
| Under 1 month. | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5 — | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11—12 | Total Fed. | Total Infants. | Per centage. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Feeding | 23 | 288 | 146 | 32 | 13 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 511 | — | 75.2 % |
| Mixed Feeding | 2 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 86 | — | 12.6 % |
| Hand Feeding | 1 | 32 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 83 | — | 12.2 % |
| Total in eachperiod | 26 | 346 | 203 | 61 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 680 | 680 |
During 1904, of a total of 772 infants under one year of age, alive and dead at the time of inquiry, 457 were found to be
breast-fed, 179 mixed-fed, and 124 hand-fed, representing respectively 60.1, 23.5, and 16.3 per cent.
During 1905, of a total of 793 infants under one year of age, alive and dead at the time of inquiry, 530 were found to be
breast-fed, 94 mixed-fed, and 155 hand-fed, representing respectively 66.8, 11.9, and 19.5 per cent. (See this Table
and the next, Tables IIIA. and IIIB.)