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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
Marylebone 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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ENQUIRIES INTO INFANT DEATHS TABLE VI.
| Method of Feeding | Reasons for Weaning | Cause of Death | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months. | Totals | Breast only | Breast, etc. | Cows' milk | Artificial or condensed | Not fed | Loss of milk | Illness of mother or child | Mother's work | Mother's death | Diarrhoea | Prematurity | Marasmus | Atrophy, etc. | Bronchitis | Pneumonia | Convulsions | Suffocation | Measles | Whooping cough | T uberculosis | Meningitis | Miscellaneous | First-born | Twins | Illegitimate |
| 0 to 1 | 49 | 20 | ... | 6 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ... | 4 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 4 |
| 1 to 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 2 to 3 | 16 | 8 | I | 2 | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 7 | 4 | I | ... | 2 | ... | I | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 4 to 5 | 8 | 3 | I | I | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 5to 6 | 7 | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... |
| 6 to 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 7 to 8 | 8 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | I | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 to 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 9 to 10 | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 1O to 11 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 11 to 12 | 7 | 2 | I | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 135 | 53 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 7 | ||