Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE IV.
Principal Diet of Cases under 1 year.
| Total eases | 122 |
| Breast only | 15 |
| Breast and other food | 10 |
| Fresh Cows' Milk | 54 |
| Nestle's Condensed Milk | 34 |
| Dried Milk | 3 |
| Sterilized Milk | 1 |
| Other Food | 2 |
| Not Stated | 3 |
TABLE V.
Cause of Weaning of Cases under 6 months of age.
| Total cases weaned under 6 months. | Death of Mother. | Illness of Mother | Failure of Milk. | Mother at Work. | Other Causes. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 2 | 14 | 82 | 7 | 15 |
TABLE VI.
No. of Cases notified each week, with mean temperature of 3 ft. ground thermometer during week.
| July. | |||||
| Week ending | 8th | 15th | 22nd | 29th | |
| Cases | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | |
| Temperature | 60.68 | 62.17 | 6359 | 64.21 | |
| August. | |||||
| Week ending | 5th | 12th | 19th | 26th | |
| Cases | 24 | 34 | 27 | 36 | |
| Temperature | 64.19 | 63.04 | 62.62 | 62.37 | |
| September. | |||||
| Week ending | 2nd | 9tb | 16 th | 23rd | 30th |
| Cases | 30 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| Temperature | 61.33 | 60.97 | 59.96 | 58.47 | 57.43 |