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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Al. 1906.
Mode of Feeding of Infants visited during the year 1906. Representing the actual number of Infants visited, and the mode of Feeding at the time of Inquiry, that is,
| Infants dying before the establishment of Breast-milk. | Under 1 month. | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 | —10 | —11 | —12 | Total Fed. | Total Infants. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | |||||||||||||||
| Breast Feeding | 72 | 69 | 80 | 55 | 260 | 225 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 814 | ||
| (276) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed Feeding | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 44 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 104 | ||
| (6) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hand Feeding | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 99 | ||
| (11) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total in each Period | 20 | 293 | 323 | 297 | 54 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1017 | 1037 | |||
A2.
| Breast Feeding | 94.20 | 80.50 | 75.80 | 57.42 | 57.71 | 66.66 | 50.00 | 33.33 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Mixed Feeding | 2.05 | 10.53 | 14.82 | 22.23 | 19.23 | — | 12.50 | 33.33 | 33.33 | — | — | — | ||
| Hand Feeding | 3.75 | 8.98 | 9.43 | 20.37 | 23.07 | 33.33 | 37.50 | 33.33 | 66.66 | — | — | — |