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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The following deaths occurred in 1908, after the infants had
discontinued having depot-milk.
No. | Date of Death. | Disease. | Age at time of discontinuing. | Received milk for | Discontinued milk |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
329 | 11-4-08 | Congenital heart disease | 4 months | 3 months | 28-3-08 |
350 | 2-9-08 | Mastoid disease | 9 „ | 5 „ | 28-6-08 |
351 | 6-8-08 | Meningitis Bronchopneumonia | 7 „ | 6 .. | 23-7-08 |
371 | 28-2-08 | Hydrocephalus | 9 „ | 9 days | 25-2-08 |
375 | 21-8-08 | Zymotic Enteritis | 10 „ | 6 months | 1-8-08 |
382 | 20-6-08 | Diarrhoea | 4 „ | 3 „ | 12-6-08 |
424 | 17-7-08 | Do. | 3 ,, | 2 „ | 10-7-08 |
430 | 2-9-08 | Tubercular Mesentery | 7 „ | 3 „ | 7-8-08 |
460 | 14-10-08 | Gastritis | 4 „ | 2 weeks | 17-7-08 |
Total deaths, 9.
Deaths within one week of discontinuing Depot-milk, 1.
Deaths within following three weeks, 5.
Causes of Death—Diarrhoea, 5; Whooping Cough, 1; Bronchitis,
2; Eclampsia, 1; Heart Disease, 1; Mastoid Disease, 1; Meningitis
1; Hydrocephalus, 1; Tubercular Mesentery, 1; Gastritis, 1. Total 15.
Children who went off the Depot in 1908 253
Period for which they were supplied:—Under 1 month, 40; 1 to 3
months, 55; 3 to 6 months, 53; 6 to 9 months, 42; 9 to 12 months, 31;
over 12 months, 26.
Average duration of feeding months
INFANTS WEIGHED—Depot-Fed.
Number of Infants weighed 29
Number of Infants weighed 3 times or more 22
Number of weighings 70
Of those weighed 3 times or more—
Number who gained more than average amount 5
Number who gained average amount 7
Number who gained less than the average amount or lost 50