SOME ASPECTS OF INFANT FEEDING.

Some social aspects of infant feeding.

This investigation was originally undertaken in an attempt to discover if there was any social difference in breast feeding in various parts of the Borough of Ilford.* Later the scope was widened to include an effort to find out if the stress of air-raids made any difference, and, finally, to corroborate other work that has shown the gradual decline in breast feeding that has taken place since ...

Some Aspects of the Infant Mortality Problem in Belfast

TIhe infant deaths occurring in Belfast from June, 1941, to June, 1942, were selected for study, and of these, 554 cases-84 per cent. of the total deaths of legitimate infants for that period-were investigated. Information was collected concerning a sample of children, who had survived one year of life in this city. This wvill be referred to as the "Control Group," and was established by select...

Social Contexts of Infant Feeding and Infant Feeding Decisions.

BACKGROUND Infant feeding takes place within a network of social relationships. However, the social context in which infant feeding advice is received remains underresearched. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the social contexts of infant feeding by examining individual and relationship characteristics of mothers and network members associated with advice to exclusively b...

Infant Feeding

This new volume on Infant Feeding is based on a course of lectures given to the students of Rush Medical College, and it is partly due to a demand on their part that the treatise is written. In its preparation the writer has endeavoured to bring our knowledge of the scientific processes that underlie infant feeding up to the present, and to apply these principles in such a way that they can be ...

Infant Feeding