This bottle was used to feed a baby.

It would have had a rubber teat
at one end.

To control the flow of milk,
you would put your thumb
over the hole in the top.

If you know a story about this object
we would like to hear from you.

Ask a member of staff in the gallery
for a contact card
or contact us at:

Museum of Croydon
Croydon Clocktower
Katharine Street
Croydon
CR9 1ET

Tel: 020 8253 1022
Email: museum@croydon.gov.uk

Victorian children had very high
mortality rates.
Many died from measles, whooping cough
and scarlet fever
Babies were especially vulnerable.

In 1867, one in seven
of all babies born in Croydon
died before they were a year old.
One in three bottle-fed babies died.

Some wealthy women paid wet nurses
to breastfeed their babies.

The less well off
had to use bottles like these.
They were difficult to clean
and not very hygienic.

To find out more about the history
of the babies' feeding bottle
visit the Baby Bottle Museum's website

http://www.babybottle-museum.co.uk/intro.htm

To find out more about children's lives
in Victorian Croydon. you can visit the
Research Room.

The Research Room is on the
lower ground floor of the Clocktower,
It is open Tuesday-Saturday
10:30am-5pm.