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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE A.
| Infants dying from Diarrhœal Diseases. 0-6 months. | Infants dying from other than Diarrhœa! Diseases. 0-6 months. | Infants surviving 6 months. | Total investigated. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Fed only | 8 | 69 | 666 | 743 |
| Breast and subsequently Cow's milk | 2 | 7 | 48 | 57 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 4 | 5 | 22 | 31 |
| Ditto Other foods | 1 | 4 | 73 | 78 |
| Breast & simultaneously Cow's Milk | ... | 3 | 31 | 34 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | ... | 4 | 27 | 31 |
| Ditto Other foods | ... | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| Entirely Hand Fed — Cows Milk | 3 | 7 | 29 | 39 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 8 | 10 | 34 | 52 |
| Ditto Other foods | 5 | 11 | 56 | 72 |
| Number investigated | 31 | 122 | 1006 | 1159 |
TABLE B.—The same information expressed in percentages.
| Of all infants investigated under 6 months. | Of infants dying from Diarrhœa Diseases. 0-6 months. | Of infants dying from other than Diarrhœal Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | |
| Breast Fed only | 64.1 | 25.8 | 56.6 |
| Breast ami subsequently Cow's Milk | 4.9 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 2.7 | 12.9 | 4.1 |
| Ditto Other foods | 6.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Breast and simultaneously Cow's Milk | 2.9 | ... | 2.5 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 2.7 | ... | 3.3 |
| Ditto Other foods | 1.9 | ... | 1.6 |
| Entirely Hand Fed—Cow's Milk | 3.4 | 9.7 | 5.7 |
| Ditto Condensed Milk | 4.5 | 25.8 | 8.2 |
| Ditto Other foods | 6.2 | 16.1 | 9.0 |
| 100 | 100 | 100 |