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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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METHOD OF FEEDING.
The following are the particulars as to feeding of infants 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 from Diarrhoea] Diseases. 0-6 months. | Infants dying from other than Diarrhœal Diseases. 0-6 months. | Infants surviving 6 months. | Total investigated. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Fed only | 7 | 40 | 1181 | 1228 |
| Breast and subsequently Cow's milk | 3 | 7 | 129 | 139 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 3 | 4 | 79 | 86 |
| Ditto Other foods | 2 | 7 | 80 | 89 |
| Breast & simultaneously Cow's Milk | 3 | 5 | 39 | 47 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | ... | 1 | 33 | 34 |
| Ditto Other foods | ... | 1 | 54 | 55 |
| Entirely Hand Fed— Cow s Milk | 3 | 11 | 38 | 52 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 3 | 2 | 36 | 41 |
| Ditto Other foods | 4 | 15 | 43 | 62 |
| Number investigated | 28 | 93 | 1712 | 1833 |