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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| WARD. | How Fed. | Sleeping Accommodation. | Condition of Baby. | Accommodation | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast. | Breast and Hand. | Hand. | With Mother. | Cot or Cradle. | Good. | Fair. | Bad. | Whole House. | Flat. | Half-house. | 3 Rooms. | 2 Rooms. | 1 Room. | |
| St. James Street | 201 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 220 | 221 | 16 | — | 53 | 64 | 32 | 53 | 33 | 2 |
| High Street | 187 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 211 | 210 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 79 | 81 | 28 | 6 | — |
| Hoe Street | 212 | 23 | 24 | 3 | 256 | 248 | 10 | 1 | 62 | 30 | 153 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Wood Street | 179 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 223 | 210 | 18 | — | 61 | 12 | 127 | 8 | 17 | 3 |
| Hale End | 291 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 350 | 325 | 35 | 2 | 198 | 37 | 99 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| Higham Hill | 320 | 25 | 23 | 46 | 322 | 306 | 61 | 1 | 183 | 85 | 75 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| Total | 1,360 | 112 | 175 | 95 | 1,582 | 1,520 | 152 | 5 | 586 | 307 | 567 | 109 | 86 | 22 |
From the above table it will be seen that of 1,677 children,.
1,390, or 82.9 per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited,,
but 95, or 5.6 per cent., had no separate sleeping accommodation.
The particulars in respect of housing accommodation
show that only 586 of the families visited had a house ta
themselves, while 22 families were living in one room. The1934
figures were 567 and 20 respectively.