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Officer of Health attend here every "Wednesday from 2.30 to
4.0 for this purpose. But the attendance immediately fell
off to about one-third of the previous numbers, and so far
Miss FitzGerald has not succeeded in persuading mothers
to come to a larger extent. No doubt more would come if
there were three or four centres in different parts of the
Borough, but this could hardly be managed with the present
staff. Further information on this subject is given below in
Miss FitzGerald's report. The following tables show the
numbers weighed, and the results of weighing:—
Infants Weighed—Hand and Depot Fed.
Number of infants weighed 84
Number of infants weighed three times or more 62
Number of weighings 524
Of those weighed three times or more:—
Number who gained more than average amount 35
Number who gained average amount 8
Number who gained less than the average amount
or lost 19
Breast Fed.
Number of infante weighed 73
Number of infants weighed three times or more 43
Number of weighings 194
Of those weighed three times or more:—
Number who gained more than average amount 11
Number who gained average amount 16
Number who gained less than the average amount
or lost 16