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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 75.
Feeding of Infants Attending Welfare Centres, 4th July to 12th August, 1927.
| Method of Feeding. | Age in Months. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Grand Total. | |
| Breast | 37 | 69 | 55 | 34 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 320 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 327 |
| Breast and Hand | 8 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 88 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 115 |
| Hand | 8 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 37 | 42 | 28 | 219 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 331 |
| Total | 53 | 94 | 94 | 61 | 78 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 50 | 627 | 52 | 44 | 50 | 773 |
| Percentages. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 69-8 | 73.4 | 58.5 | 55.8 | 60.3 | 43.7 | 31.3 | 28.8 | 20.0 | 51.0 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 42.3 |
| Breast and Hand | 15.1 | 12.8 | 17.0 | 9.8 | 11.5 | 17.2 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 24.0 | 14.0 | 25.0 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 14.9 |
| Hand | 15.1 | 13.8 | 24.5 | 34.4 | 28.2 | 39.1 | 55.2 | 63.6 | 56.0 | 35.0 | 65.4 | 81.8 | 84.0 | 42.8 |