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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
Croydon 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE B
gives the same information expressed in percentages.
| Of all infants investigated under 6 months. per cent. | Of infants dying from Diarrhceal Diseases. per cent. | Of infants dying from other than Diarrhoeal Diseases. per cent. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Fed only | 62.6 | 22.2 | 41.6 |
| Breast and subsequently Cow's Milk | 8.6 | 74 | 8.8 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 5.6 | ... | 40 |
| Ditto Other foods | 7.8 | 7.4 | 10.4 |
| Breast and simultaneously Cow's Milk | 1.8 | ... | 3.2 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 2.0 | ...... | 8 |
| Ditto Other foods | 2.7 | ... | 7.2 |
| Entirely Hand Fed—Cow's Milk | 3 .0 | 2.2.2 | 8 0 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 2.6 | 22.2 | 64 |
| Ditto Other foods | 3.3 | 18.6 | 9.6 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 |
Table B. shows that 22 per cent, of infant deaths from
diarrhoeal diseases occurred amongst breast.fed children, and the
remaining 78 per cent, amongst children who were either entirely
hand fed or had artificial kinds of food as well as breast fed.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, (1907).
This Act was adopted by the Council on January 13th, and
came into force on February 19th, 1908, after confirmation by the
Local Government Board.
During the past year 3,382 notifications were received. These
births were notified as follows :—
Notified by medical men 814
Notified by parents 1,171
Notified by certified midwives . 1.318
3,303
Stillborn births notified 79
Total 3,382