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Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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were under one year of age. Thus 39 out of the 51 deaths from
what are usually classified as " diarrhœal "deaths occurred in
infants under one year of age.*
The accompanying chart shews the seasonal distribution of the
39 diarrhoeal deaths under one year of age in 1910 and previous years
The following are the particulars as to feeding of infants dying,
during the first six months of life :—
METHOD OF FEEDING.
Method of Feeding during the first six months of life of children
who survived, and of children who died between one week and six
months old. Deaths of infants under one week have been excluded
because it is unlikely that methods of feeding can have been
responsible for a fatal issue in so short a time.
TABLE A.
| Infants dying *rom Diarrhoeal Diseases. 0-6 months. | Infants dying from other than Diarrhoeal Diseases. 0-6 months. | Infants surviving 6 month | Total investigated. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Fed only | 7 | 81 | 1536 | 1624 |
| Breast and subsequently Cow's milk | 8 | 8 | 157 | 173 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | — | 69 | 73 | |
| Ditto Other foods | 80 | 88 | ||
| Breast & simultaneously Cow's Milk | 1 | 33 | 35 | |
| Ditto Conden:ed Milk | — | — | 38 | 38 |
| Ditto Other foods | — | — | 57 | 57 |
| Entirely Hand Fed— Cow s Milk | u | 151 | 164 | |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 66 | 75 | ||
| Ditto Other foods | 2 | 47 | 52 | |
| Number investigated | 26 | 119 | 2234 | 2379 |
* Deaths from Gastritis are sometimes classified as " diarrhoeal." If this
were done, a further addition of 8 deaths under one year must be made to the total
" diarrhoeal ' deaths. It has not, however, been the practice to include these in
former years, and for the sake of comparison the figures have been prepared as in
past years.