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The adoption of these scales is the chief explanation of
the fall in the cost of these services.
No cases were found during the year where milk was
obtained by false pretences.
Feeding of Infants in Woolwich. The usual enquiry was
carried out in the month of December and the results are
very similar to those obtained in the two previous years.
In the Table which follows, all the observations made in
1921, 1922 and 1923 are consolidated. I think it can be
safely assumed that if a curve were constructed from the
figures given in this Table it would shew the normal diminution
each month in the percentage of children breast fed
so far as Woolwich is concerned. These figures do not materially
differ from similar figures published by other Medical
Officers of Health.