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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 11.
Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—1st May to 30th June, 1935.
| 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 | 80 | 98 | 52 | 37 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 380 | — | — | — | 380 |
| Breast and Hand | 6 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 127 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 151 |
| Hand | 11 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 51 | 45 | 48 | 59 | 39 | 322 | 47 | 63 | 73 | 505 |
| 97 | 141 | 98 | 79 | 95 | 83 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 829 | 66 | 66 | 75 | 1,036 | |
| PERCENTAGES. | ||||||||||||||
| Breast | 82.5 | 69.5 | 53.0 | 46.8 | 28.4 | 34.9 | 31.2 | 18.7 | 22.3 | 45.8 | — | — | — | 36.7 |
| Breast and hand | 6.1 | 12.0 | 21.4 | 30.3 | 17.8 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 26.3 | 15.3 | 28.8 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 14.6 |
| Hand | 11.3 | 18.4 | 25.5 | 22.8 | 53.8 | 54.3 | 60.0 | 73.7 | 51.3 | 38.8 | 71.2 | 95.5 | 98.0 | 48.7 |