London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Walthamstow 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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How Fed.Sleeping Arrangements.Condition of Baby.Accommodation.
BreastBreast & HandHandWith MotherCot or CradleGoodFairBadWhole houseFlatHalf houseThree roomsTwo roomsOne room
St. James Street202471526419569662873503512
High Street1743014218205136412010222
Hoe Street23625312922623057776247418
Wood Street219143226525411756532111963
Hale End31920311369359101223614524152
Higham Hill39833144454241922171042338558
Total 1949 19481,54816913711,8531,699152370245523518018795
1,647213199102,0491,8771681481050430817117492

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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.