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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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Length of time of Breast feeding .—The length of time that the 85 Infants (whose deaths from Diarrhoea were investigated) had been previously Breast fed, (
| Not at all. | Under 1 month. | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 6— | 7— | 8— | 9— | 10— | 11— 12 | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under 14 days. | Over 14 days. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast Feeding (entirety) | 22 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 79 |
| 27 | |||||||||||||||
| Breast Feeding (partially, i.e., Mixed Feeding) | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6 | ||
| — | |||||||||||||||
| Total in each period | 22 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 12 | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 85 |
Re Environment of the 85 Infants under 12 months who died of Diarrhœa—
(a) Cleanliness of Home—33 very clean
41 clean
Clean, 74 = 87'0ti per cent.
11 dirty
0 very dirty
Dirty, 11 = 12*94 per cent.
Total 85
(b) Number of Rooms (occupied by Family) —
1 room in 14 cases.
2 rooms „ 37 ,,
3 „ „ 15 „
4 „ „ 7 „
5 „ „ 10 ,,
Doubtful 2 ,,
Total 85