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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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TABLE I IIB .
The Mode of Feeding of Infants (who were Dead 1 at the time of inquiry) during the year 1905. Representing the actual number of Infants who had died previous to being visited, and the mode of Feeding,
| Infants dying before establishment of Breast-milk. | Under 1 month. | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4 — | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8 — | 9 — | 10— | 11 — 12 | Total Fed. | Total Infants. | Per centage. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Feeding | — | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 19 | — | 19.19% | |
| Mixed Feeding | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | — | 8.09% |
| Hand Feeding | — | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 72 | _ | 72.72 % |
| Total in each period | 14 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 113 |
* This is a separate classification; because the "Deaths" were not met with incidentally in the course of the ordinary
visits made, hut were specially sought out, as being probably indicative of artificial feeding.