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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 75.
Feeding of Infants, 4th June to 14th July, 1928 (All Centres).
| 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 | 51 | 76 | 59 | 34 | 27 | 30 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 359 | 14 | 13 | - | 386 |
| Breast and Hand | 1 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 99 |
| Hand | 4 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 41 | 31 | 34 | 210 | 35 | 40 | 55 | 340 |
| Total | 56 | 98 | 89 | 73 | 51 | 58 | 95 | 57 | 62 | 637 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 825 |
| Percentages. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 911 | 77.6 | 66.3 | 46.6 | 52.9 | 51.7 | 38.9 | 40.3 | 35.5 | 56.4 | 22.2 | 20.6 | — | 46.8 |
| Breast and Hand | 1.8 | 10.2 | 14.6 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 17.9 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 22.2 | 15.9 | 11.3 | 12.0 |
| Hand | 7.1 | 12.2 | 19.1 | 43.8 | 37.3 | 34.5 | 43.2 | 54.4 | 54.8 | 32.9 | 55.6 | 63.5 | 88.7 | 41.2 |