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![[A baby with a long tube feeding bottle, 1890s. The baby could feed while unattended but milk collected in the tube, soured and could poison the child.]](/content/media/45/152345-small.jpg)
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This type of feeding could be particularly hazardous as bacteria could build in the tube.
A baby in a frilled dress sucking on a long tube attached to a bottle which is propped beside her/him.
Copied from Julie Bradby, 04 Mar 1985
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
