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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Infant Visiting.
There were 4,197 births during the year and 3,738 of these,
or 89.0 per cent., were visited compared with 90.9 in 1931, 84.1
in 1930, 84.1 in 1929, 85 in 1928 and 82.7 in 1927.
Table XXXII. gives particulars of the method of feeding
of infants on the occasion of the initial visit and when revisited.
On the first visit it was found that 3,231 of the 3,738
infants visited were being fed from the breast entirely.
TABLE XXXII.
Method
of Feeding.
Age of infant on first visit.
Under
1 month.
1—3
months.
3—6
months.
6—12
months.
Total.
Breast-fed
2011
876
273
71
3231
Otherwise fed
93
208
101
105
507
Method
of Feeding.
Age of infant on subsequent visit.
Under
1 month.
1—3
months.
3—6
months.
6—12
months.
Total.
Breast-fed
191
653
813
480
2137
Otherwise fed
30
379
723
1371
2503
It was found that in 846 of the births, doctors had been in
attendance, while in 1,272 the services of midwives had been
utilised. 1,620 infants were born in hospitals and other institutions.