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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 11.
Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—16th July to 24th August, 1934.
| 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 | 61 | 75 | 58 | 53 | 41 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 365 | 3 | - | — | 368 |
| Breast and Hand | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 99 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 116 |
| Hand | 6 | 19 | 41 | 35 | 37 | 30 | 50 | 47 | 33 | 298 | 44 | 48 | 71 | 461 |
| 78 | 108 | 110 | 98 | 89 | 62 | 87 | 83 | 47 | 762 | 59 | 51 | 73 | 945 | |
| PERCENTAGES. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 78.2 | 69.4 | 52.8 | 54.1 | 46.1 | 43.5 | 29.9 | 22.9 | 10.6 | 47.9 | 5.1 | — | — | 38.9 |
| Breast and Hand | 14.1 | 12.9 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 12.6 | 20.5 | 19.1 | 12.9 | 20.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 12.3 |
| Hand | 7.6 | 17.6 | 37.3 | 35.7 | 41.6 | 48.4 | 57.5 | 56.6 | 70.2 | 39.1 | 74.6 | 94.1 | 97.3 | 48.8 |