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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 80.
Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—24th June to 3rd August, 1929.
| 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 | 47 | 98 | 57 | 49 | 34 | 42 | 37 | 32 | 21 | 417 | 10 | 2 | 429 | |
| Breast and Hand | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 88 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 117 |
| Hand | 10 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 34 | 238 | 25 | 35 | 43 | 341 |
| Total | 62 | 127 | 90 | 83 | 65 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 63 | 743 | 43 | 47 | 54 | 887 |
| Percentages. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 75.8 | 77.2 | 63.3 | 59.0 | 52.3 | 51.2 | 43.0 | 37.6 | 33.3 | 56.1 | 23.3 | 4.2 | — | 48.4 |
| Breast and Hand | 81 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 61 | 140 | 17.7 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 18.6 | 21.2 | 20.4 | 13.2 |
| Hand | 161 | 14.9 | 23.3 | 26.5 | 33.8 | 42.7 | 43.0 | 44.7 | 54.0 | 32.1 | 58.1 | 74.6 | 79.6 | 38.4 |