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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How Fed. | Sleeping Arrangements. | Condition of Baby. | Accommodation. | |||||||||||
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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 |
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.