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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 58.
Feeding of Infants attending Centres, 1924.
| 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. | 9-10. | 10-11. | 11-12. | ||
| Breast | 38 | 58 | 60 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 320 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 332 |
| Breast and Hand | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 76 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 124 |
| Hand | 4 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 29 | 44 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 209 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 320 |
| 43 | 76 | 90 | 62 | 67 | 82 | 65 | 61 | 59 | 605 | 67 | 46 | 58 | 776 | |
| Percentages. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 88.1 | 76.3 | 66.7 | 46.8 | 43.3 | 39.0 | 46.1 | 34.4 | 39.0 | 52.9 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 42.8 |
| Breast and hand | 2.3 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 7.3 | 18.5 | 14.8 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 32.8 | 19.6 | 29.3 | 16.0 |
| Hand | 9.3 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 37.1 | 43.3 | 53.7 | 35.4 | 50.8 | 44.0 | 34.5 | 59.7 | 73.9 | 63.8 | 41.2 |