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 1,637 children, 1,293, or 78.9 per cent., were breast fed on first being visited, and only five babies had no separate sleeping accommodation. 471 infants lived in accommodation of three rooms or less, as compared with 402 in 1950.
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 | ||
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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,637 children,
1,293 or Per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited, and
only five babies had no separate sleeping accommodation. 471
inants lived in accommodation of three rooms or less, as compared
with 402 in 1950.