[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon].

  • Croydon (London, England). County Borough.
Date:
1916
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 METHOD OF FEEDING. The following are the particulars as to feeding of infants during the first six months of life of children who survived, and of children who died between one week and six months old Deaths of infants under one week have been excluded because it is unlikely that methods of feeding can have been responsible for a fatal issue in so short a time. TABLE A. Infants dying from Diarrhoea] Diseases. 0-6 months. Infants dying from other than Diarrhœal Diseases. 0-6 months. Infants surviving 6 months. Total investigated. Breast Fed only 7 40 1181 1228 Breast and subsequently Cow's milk 3 7 129 139 Ditto Condensed Milk 3 4 79 86 Ditto Other foods 2 7 80 89 Breast & simultaneously Cow's Milk 3 5 39 47 Ditto Condensed Milk ... 1 33 34 Ditto Other foods ... 1 54 55 Entirely Hand Fed— Cow s Milk 3 11 38 52 Ditto Condensed Milk 3 2 36 41 Ditto Other foods 4 15 43 62 Number investigated 28 93 1712 1833
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