Breast feeding: The survey in paediatric out-patients.

ABSTRACT

Two thousand and seventeen guestionnaires were collected from 4 regional university hospitals in Bangkok (Siriraj), Chiengmai, Khon Kaen and Songkhla during November-December 1987. No difference was found in the proportion of the babies who were breast fed (at least for 1 month after birth) and those who were bottle fed among these hospitals. Although almost 80 percent of those babies were breast fed, the figure was lower than that in the community survey, 94 percent in 1984.