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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 11.
Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—7th June to 24th July, 1937.
| 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 | 65 | 74 | 52 | 48 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 338 | — | — | — | 338 | |
| Breast and Hand | 13 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 137 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 152 | |
| Hand | 11 | 30 | 39 | 46 | 42 | 46 | 61 | 48 | 60 | 383 | 66 | 50 | 96 | 595 | |
| 89 | 134 | 111 | 102 | 84 | 79 | 106 | 82 | 71 | 858 | 76 | 53 | 98 | 1,085 | ||
| PERCENTAGES. | |||||||||||||||
| Breast | 73.0 | 55.2 | 46.9 | 47.1 | 33.3 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 17.1 | 5.6 | 39.4 | — | — | — | 31.2 | |
| Breast and hand | 14.6 | 22.4 | 18.0 | 7.8 | 16.7 | 11.4 | 15.1 | 24.4 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 13.2 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 14.0 | |
| Hand | 12.4 | 22.4 | 35.1 | 45.1 | 5.00 | 58.2 | 57.5 | 58.5 | 84.5 | 44.6 | 86.8 | 94.3 | 98.0 | 54.8 | |