ResultsOver a 17-week period in the winter of 1974/75, 400 mothers were discharged from the hospital ward, of whom 172 (43%) were feeding by bottle alone, 20 (5 %) by breast with formula complements, and 208 (52 %) by breast alone (i.e. with only water complements if any). 167 of the 208 breast-feeding mothers replied to the questionnaire (a reply rate of 81 %), and are the subject of this paper. Over this 17-week period a similar incidence of breast feeding was found for the whole hospital (576 out of 1064 mother: 54%) indicating that the ward chosen was representative. Social class distribution of mothers replying to the questionnaire did not differ from that of the previous survey, with an over-representation of social classes I, II, and III. Received 7 February 1977 Time of stopping breast feeding. Of the 167 mothers who left the hospital ward breast feeding, 92 % were still breast feeding at 2 weeks after delivery, 78 % at 1 month, and 43 % at 5 months. The rate of decline of breast feeding (Fig.
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