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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
Woolwich 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The economic circumstances scale under which milk was distributed at cost price was as follows
| Number in Family. | Scale. | |
|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | |
| One | 16 | 0 |
| Two | 13 | 0 |
| Three | 10 | 6 |
| Four | 9 | 6 |
| Five | 8 | 6 |
| Six (or more) | 8 | 0 |
| Deductions | Rent. | |
During the year, legal proceedings were instituted against
a man who was alleged to have obtained milk by false pretences.
The Magistrate dismissed the summons.
Feeding of Infants in Woolwich. An enquiry on the same
lines as that set out in detail in the Annual Report for 1921
was carried out on two occasions in 1922, namely, in June
and December, and the consolidated results are set out in
detail in Table No. 44 below. This table shows (a) a slight
improvement in breast feeding compared with last year;
and (b) a higher percentage amongst children between the
age of six and nine months than one would have expected;
and (c) that a mother who feeds her baby at the breast for
four months is likely to do so until the end of the seventh
month.