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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 57.
Feeding of Infants attending Centres. Consolidated Return of Observations, 1921-1923.
| Method of Feeding. | Age in Months. | Grand Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 8-9 | Total 0-9 | 9-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | ||
| Breast | 144 | 292 | 187 | 156 | 138 | 146 | 108 | 81 | 57 | 1309 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 1365 |
| Breast and Hand | 11 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 50 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 51 | 355 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 529 |
| Hand | 13 | 63 | 86 | 92 | 123 | 139 | 129 | 126 | 116 | 887 | 136 | 134 | 172 | 1329 |
| 168 | 390 | 312 | 294 | 311 | 323 | 278 | 251 | 224 | 2551 | 227 | 208 | 237 | 3223 | |
| Percentages. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 85.7 | 74.9 | 59.9 | 53.1 | 44.4 | 45.2 | 38.8 | 32.3 | 25.4 | 51.3 | 13.7 | 9.6 | 2.1 | 42.4 |
| Breast and Hand | 6.6 | 9.0 | 12.5 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 17.5 | 22.8 | 13 9 | 26.4 | 26 0 | 25.3 | 16.4 |
| Hand | 7.7 | 16.1 | 27.6 | 31.3 | 39.5 | 43.0 | 46.4 | 50 2 | 51.8 | 34.8 | 59.9 | 64.4 | 72.6 | 41.2 |