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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 77.
Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—20th June to 13th August, 1938.
| Method of Feeding. | AGE IN MONTHS. | Grand Total. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Breast | 78 | 90 | 60 | 38 | 33 | 43 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 380 | — | — | — | 380 | |
| Breast and Hand | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 108 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 121 | |
| Hand | 17 | 33 | 39 | 35 | 55 | 44 | 77 | 48 | 73 | 421 | 58 | 85 | 83 | 647 | |
| 100 | 138 | 114 | 81 | 99 | 100 | 107 | 73 | 97 | 909 | 66 | 89 | 84 | 1,148 | ||
| PERCENTAGES. | |||||||||||||||
| Breast | 78.0 | 65.2 | 52.6 | 46.9 | 33.3 | 43.0 | 20.6 | 11.0 | 8.2 | 41.8 | — | — | — | 33.1 | |
| Breast and hand | 5.0 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 7.5 | 23 .3 | 16.5 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 10.5 | |
| Hand | 17.0 | 23.9 | 34.2 | 43.2 | 55.6 | 44.0 | 71.9 | 65.7 | 75.3 | 46.3 | 87.9 | 95.6 | 98.8 | 56.4 | |