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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

Paddington 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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Table: HEALTH VISITING.

HEALTH VISITING.

1924.1925.
Births—
Primary visits1,7011,821
Repeat „3,6453,485
5,3465,306
Ante-natal—
First visits513562
Revisits293421
806983

Table: VISITS reSICKNESS.

VISITS reSICKNESS.

Puerperal Fever2838
Ophthalmia Neonatorum206168
Diarrhcea309524
Miscellaneous...1,3181,559
1,8612,289

Table: 1924—INFANTS VISITED : 1,701.

1924—INFANTS VISITED : 1,701.

Breast.Method of Feeding. ArtificialMixed
Number1,5258690
Percentage89.65.15.3

Table: AGES AT FIRST VISIT.

AGES AT FIRST VISIT.

Breast.Method of Feeding. Artificial. Mixed.Totals.
Weeks0—271129
1—4922013525
2—5232136580
3—2381510263
Months0—1,28057601,397
1—2091820247
2—167528
3 and upwards204529

Table: DIED BEFORE END OF YEAR : 48.

DIED BEFORE END OF YEAR : 48.

Breast32Artificial6Mixed10

Table: CAUSES OF DEATH.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Diarrhœal Diseases12Premature Birth5
Respiratory „21Convulsions1
Atrophy, Debility—Meningitis2
Congenital Defects1Other Causes6
Whooping Cough—
Institution Deaths 36 (Paddington Infirmary 29).

Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES.

INFANTILE MORTALITY RATES.

Breast21Artificial70Mixed111

Table: 1925—INFANTS VISITED : 1,821.

1925—INFANTS VISITED : 1,821.

Breast.Method of Feeding. ArtificialMixed.
Number1,64276103
Percentage90.24.25.6

Table: AGES AT FIRST VISIT.

AGES AT FIRST VISIT.

Breast.Method of Feeding.Totals.
Artificial.Mixed.
Weeks0—31——31
1—8141918851
2—4911916526
3—1661225203
Months0—1,50250591,611
1—1151726158
2—831122
3 and upwards176730

Table: DIED BEFORE END OF YEAR : 64.

DIED BEFORE END OF YEAR : 64.

Breast48Artificial8Mixed8