[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 78

Walthamstow 1949

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	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	202	47	15	—	264	195	69	—	66	28	73	50	35	12
High Street	174	30	14	—	218	205	13	—	64	120	—	10	22	2
Hoe Street	236	25	31	—	292	262	30	—	57	77	62	47	41	8
Wood Street	219	14	32	—	265	254	11	—	75	65	32	11	19	63
Hale End	319	20	31	1	369	359	10	1	223	61	45	24	15	2
Higham Hill	398	33	14	—	445	424	19	2	217	104	23	38	55	8
Total 1949 1948	1,548	169	137	1	1,853	1,699	152	3	702	455	235	180	187	95
Total 1949 1948	1,647	213	199	10	2,049	1,877	168	14	810	504	308	171	174	92

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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,854 children,
1,548, or 83.5 per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited, and
only one baby had no separate sleeping accommodation. 462
infants lived in accommodation of three rooms or less, as compared
with 437 in 1948.

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