Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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From the above table it will be seen that of 2,059 children, 1,647, or 79.9 per cent. were breast fed on first being visited, and 10 or 0.48 per cent. had no separate sleeping accommodation.
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 | 224 | 49 | 20 | 5 | 288 | 231 | 57 | 5 | 95 | 43 | 73 | 53 | 22 | 7 | |
High Street | 250 | 21 | 24 | — | 295 | 270 | 24 | 1 | 93 | 152 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 5 | |
Hoe Street | 267 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 342 | 293 | 49 | 1 | 83 | 74 | 67 | 51 | 44 | 24 | |
Wood Street | 220 | 19 | 48 | — | 287 | 279 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 76 | 65 | 15 | 9 | 54 | |
Hale End | 334 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 412 | 399 | 12 | 2 | 233 | 58 | 74 | 19 | 28 | 1 | |
Higham Hill | 352 | 44 | 32 | 3 | 425 | 405 | 20 | 3 | 238 | 101 | 24 | 25 | 39 | 1 | |
Total | 1948 | 1,647 | 213 | 199 | 10 | 2,049 | 1,877 | 168 | 14 | 810 | 504 | 308 | 171 | 174 | 92 |
1947 | 2,131 | 273 | 270 | 15 | 2,659 | 2,448 | 206 | 20 | 1,066 | 725 | 370 | 127 | 181 | 205 |