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St Pancras 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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1906.
Bt.
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, at the particular month of age stated.
| 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 week f. | 3—4 weeks. | |||||||||||||||
| Breast Feeding | 72 | 69 | 80 | 55 | 280 | 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 | |||
| B 2. The above Table stated in proportions per cent. of the Total of Each Month.* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Breast Feeding | 94.20 | 80.50 | 75.80 | 57.42 | 57.71 | 66.66 | 50.00 | 33.33 | — | — | — | — | The percentages of the Total for the year, if given, irrespective of age, may be misleading. | |||||
| 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 | — | — | — | ||||||
* The number of Infants visited after 6 months was too small for the proportionate percentages to be of any value.