London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
41
C1. 1904. (Table p. 27 Annual Report for 1904.)
Mode of Feeding of Infants visited during the year 1904. 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 | —8 | —9 | —10 | —11 | —12 | Total Fed. | Total Infants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Feeding | 19 | 100 | 130 | 113 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 457 | ||
| Mixed Feeding | 1 | 14 | 45 | 37 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 179 | ||
| Hand Feeding | 3 | 16 | 36 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 124 | ||
| 12 | 23 | 130 | 217 | 182 | 94 | 13 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 760 |
C2.
| Breast Feeding | 82.61 | 76.92 | 62.68 | 62.10 | 46.81 | 46.52 | 41.95 | 29.62 | 37.50 | — | — | — | |||
| Mixed Feeding | 4.35 | 10.77 | 20.73 | 20.33 | 36.18 | 34.89 | 48.39 | 55.55 | — | 66.66 | — | — | |||
| Hand Feeding | 13.06 | 12.31 | 16.58 | 17.58 | 17.02 | 18.60 | 9.68 | 14.81 | 62.50 | 33.33 | — | — |