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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The detailed findings at first visits paid during 1937 are given in the following table:—

The detailed findings at first visits paid during 1937 are given in the following table:—

Ward.How Fed.Sleeping Accommodation.Condition of Baby.Accommodation.
Breast.Breast and HandHand.With Mother.Cot or Cradle.Good.Fair.Bad.Whole House.Flat.Half-house.3 Rooms.2 Rooms.Room.
St. James Street22935241527322064488588728261
High Street151332132021762544012423981
Hoe Street1992025324121726155933550101
Wood Street182163652292181427637107383
Hale End27527391133031724—199409282
Higham Hill299322721337323332158137421182
Total1,335163172581,6121,47118613616489386911 00 1 t-10

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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,670 children,
1,335, or 79.9 per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited, but
58, or 3.4 per cent., had no separate sleeping accommodation.
The particulars in respect of housing accommodation show the
following comparison:—