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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
Walthamstow 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The 1933 figures were 538 and 46 respectively.
| Ward. | How Fed. | Kind of Food. | Sleeping Accommodation. | Condition of Baby. | Accommodation. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast. | Breast and Hand. | Hand. | Cow's Milk. | Patent Foods. | Condensed Milk. | With Mother. | Cot or Cradle. | Good. | Fair. | Bad. | Whole House. | Flat. | 1 Half-house. | 3 Rooms. | 2 Rooms. | Room. | |
| St. James Street | 204 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 38 | 207 | 234 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 106 | 54 | 3 |
| High Street | 176 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 187 | 182 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 78 | 87 | 5 | 5 | — |
| Hoe Street | 221 | 18 | 38 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 26 | 251 | 244 | 29 | 4 | 43 | 42 | 173 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
| Wood Street | 180 | 16 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 221 | 218 | 16 | — | 72 | 6 | 129 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
| Hale End | 266 | 23 | 71 | 34 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 344 | 304 | 51 | 5 | 192 | 24 | 112 | 2 | 24 | 6 |
| Higham Hill | 281 | 31 | 61 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 46 | 327 | 307 | 61 | 5 | 198 | 93 | 53 | 3 | 20 | 6 |
| Total | 1,328 | 107 | 256 | 141 | 155 | 67 | 154 | 1,537 | 1,489 | 181 | 21 | 567 | 270 | 574 | 125 | 135 | 20 |
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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,691 children,
1,328, or 78.5 per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited, but
154, or 9.1 per cent., had no separate sleeping accommodation.
The particulars in respect of housing accommodation show that only
567 of the families visited had a house to themselves, while 20
families were living in one room.