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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 IVA.
Age or Weaning of Infants (who were A life at the time of inquiry) ascertained during the year 1905.
| At Birth. | Under 1 Month. | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11—12 | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commencement | 40 | 51 | 54 | 14 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 160 |
| Completion | 30 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 83 |
TABLE IVB.
Age of Weaning of Infants (who were Dead * at the time of inquiry) ascertained during the year 1905.
| At Birth. | Under 1 Month. | 1 — | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6- | 7— | 8 — | 9— | 10— | 11—12 | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commencement | 32 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 82 |
| Completion | 28 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 73 |
* Inquiry was made as to the age of weaning of these Infants, especially because they had died (the majority from Diarrhœa),
and for that reason they are placed in a separate Table from that of the living Infants.