[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 87

Walthamstow 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: 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.

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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.
		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		171	31	24	1	225	169	56	1	43	17	72	16	32	46
High Street		169	6	16	1	190	183	8	—	48	115	6	1	15	6
Hoe Street		168	25	25	—	218	195	23	—	49	53	52	16	29	19
Wood Street		149	27	37	—	213	189	24	—	53	54	28	18	13	47
Hale End		344	28	31	1	402	390	13	—	226	72	25	32	22	26
Higham Hill		292	46	48	2	384	373	12	1	144	88	21	1	83	49
Total	1951	1,293	163	181	5	1,632	1,499	136	2	563	399	204	84	194	193
Total	1950	1,331	135	120	3	1,583	1,469	112	5	574	434	176	84	186	132

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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.

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Walthamstow 1951

Table: 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.

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