[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 77

Walthamstow 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The detailed findings at first visits paid by Health Visitors are shown in the table on the following page.

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The detailed findings at first visits paid by Health Visitors are shown in the table on the following page.

		How Fed.			Sleeping Arrangements.		Condition of Baby.			Accommodation.
		Breast	Breast & Hand	Hand	With Mother	Cot or Cradle	Good	Fair	Bad	Whole hosue	Flat	Half house	Three rooms	Two rooms	One rooms
St. James Street		198	34	23	—	255	216	38	1	61	30	79	5	43	37
High Street		188	14	11	1	212	200	13	—	62	120	4	3	18	6
Hoe Street		181	30	28	2	237	208	31	—	45	74	41	11	42	26
Wood Street		186	9	23	—	218	211	7	—	60	56	12	53	26	11
Hale End		264	20	20	—	304	299	5	—	180	57	26	9	17	15
Higham Hill		314	28	15	—	357	335	18	4	166	97	14	3	40	37
Total	1950	1,331	135	120	3	1,583	1,469	112	5	574	434	176	84	186	132
Total	1949	1,548	169	137	1	1,853	1,699	152	3	702	455	235	180	187	95

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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,586 children,
1,331, or 83.9 per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited, and
only three babies had no separate sleeping accommodation. 402
infants lived in accommodation of three rooms or less, as compared
with 462 in 1949.

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Walthamstow 1950

Table: The detailed findings at first visits paid by Health Visitors are shown in the table on the following page.

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