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The Ward incidence was as follows:—
Trinity 218
South Park 174
Dundonald 79
Cottenham Park 6
St. Mary's 6
Average size of house, 4.2 rooms.
Average rental, 8s. 4d. per week.
Average number of persons per house—Adults, 2.3;
Children, 3.5.
Infant Feeding.—Calculating from records made at first
visit, 93 per cent. were breast fed. By examining the complete
records of those infants who attained the age of one
year at the end of 1913, of which there are 258:—
233 or 90.6 per cent. completely breast fed for less than
1 month.
221 or 85.6 per cent. completely breast fed for 1 month.
200 ,, 77.5 ,, ,, ,, ,, 2 months.
182 „ 70.5 „ „ „ „ 3 „
167 „ 64.7 „ „ „ „ 4 „
163 ,, 63 ,, ,, ,, ,, 5 ,,
154 ,, 59.6 ,, ,, „ ,, 6
146 „ 56.59 „ ,, ,, ,, 7 ,,
141 „ 54.6 ,, ,, ,, ,, 9
18 were artificially fed practically from birth.
In 34 of the cases, the breast feeding was changed to
artificial feeding, but 65 of the mothers were able to partially
feed their babies, 29 until 9 months old, the remaining 36
were subsequently artificially fed.
There were thus:—
54.6 per cent. breast fed.
11.2 per cent. partially breast fed.
34.1 per cent. artificially fed.
A few of the mothers working near home have been
allowed to come home to feed their babies.
There were several cases of temporary supplementary
feeding, the mother working for a short period only. These
babies have been included in the list of breast fed babies.
The cases of non-breast feeding or partial breast feeding
were due to:—
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