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Maternity and Child Welfare.
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Infant Visiting.
There were 4,632 births during the year and 3,900 of these,
or 84.1 per cent., were visited, compared with 85 in 1928,
82.7 in 1927, 81.7 in 1926, 81.1 in 1925, and 79.9 in 1924.
Table XXXIII. gives particulars of the method of
feeding of infants on the occasion of the initial visit and when
revisited. Of 3,900 infants visited for the first time, 3,139
were entirely breast-fed, while 761 were otherwise fed.
On revisiting, 2,842 infants were found to be fed entirely
on the breast, and 1,806 were fed by other methods.
TABLE XXXIII.
Method
of Feeding.
Age of infant on first visit.
Under
1 month.
1—3
months.
3—6
months.
6—12
months.
Total.
Breast-fed
Otherwise fed
1899
94
953
260
261
94
26
113
3139
761
Method
of Feeding.
Age of infant on subsequent visit.
Under
1 month.
1—3
months.
3—6
months.
6—12
months.
Total.
Breast-fed
128
909
1020
785
2842
Otherwise fed
36
604
725
441
1806
It was found that in 1,213 of the births, doctors had been
in attendance, while in 1,487 the services of midwives had
been utilised. 1,200 infants were born in hospitals and other
institutions.