Annual report for the year 1925 / Tottenham Maternity and Child Welfare Committee

  • Tottenham (London, England). Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
Date:
[1925]
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Credit: Annual report for the year 1925 / Tottenham Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BIRTHS, 1925. LIVE BIRTHS. Registrar-General’s Figures—M. .. .. .. .. 1,388 F .. .. .. .. 1,368 *2,756 Local Information:— Total Births notified .. .. .. .. .. 2,723 Less Still Births .. .. .. .. .. .. 85 Total Live Births .. .. 2,638 *Births outside the District included in above:— Council cases in District Maternity Home .. .. 70 Other cases notified from District Maternity Home .. 220 Notified from other Outside Institutions .. .. 162 452 The Registrar’s and the local figures do not agree because they relate to different periods. The local notifications are those of children born within the year. The Registrar’s figures are those of children registered within the year. BREAST FEEDING. As the result of the Health Visitors’ enquiries, it was that the infants have been fed as follows:—- Breast-fed for 6 months, or over Part breast-fed—plus milk, dried milk or condensed .. Bottle feeding—Cows’milk Dried milk Other artificial foods ascertained 2,215 165 123 80 55 2,638