[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 67

Walthamstow 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: From the above table it will be seen that of 2,674 children, 2,131 or 79.7% were breast fed on first being visited, and 15 or 0.56% had no separate sleeping accomodation. 513 infants lived in accomodation of three rooms or less, as compared with 334 in 1946.

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From the above table it will be seen that of 2,674 children, 2,131 or 79.7% were breast fed on first being visited, and 15 or 0.56% had no separate sleeping accomodation. 513 infants lived in accomodation of three rooms or less, as compared with 334 in 1946.

		How Fed.			Sleeping Arrangements.		Condition of Baby.			Accommodation.
		Breast	Breast & Hand	Hand	With Mother	Cot or Cradle	Good	Fair	Bad	Whole house	Flat	Half house	Three rooms	Two rooms	One room
St. James Street		312	53	24	1	388	305	79	5	126	62	89	11	34	67
High Street		255	35	33	—	323	293	28	2	86	179	9	9	28	12
Hoe Street		317	55	53	4	421	380	44	1	114	116	89	16	39	51
Wood Street		260	32	55	³	344	336	11	—	63	107	60	83	18	16
Hale End		469	41	69	2	577	561	18	—	274	138	89	6	34	38
Higham Hill		518	57	36	5	606	573	26	12	403	123	34	2	28	21
Total	1947	2,131	273	270	15	2,659	2,448	206	20	1,066	725	370	127	181	205
Total	1946	1,928	203	183	26	2,288	2,118	180	16	1,029	703	248	149	97	88
PRE-WAR (1938)		1,305	146	169	48	1,572	1,429	183	8		317	293	122	60	17
Percentages													1947	6.8	7.6
Percentages													1938	3.7	1.0