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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Croydon 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: The following table gives the numbers seen at the ten centres in the town during 1919.

The following table gives the numbers seen at the ten centres in the town during 1919.

TOTAL..Municipal Centre (228, London Road).Central Croydon (Sylverdale Road).South Croydon (Bartlett Street).East Croydon (Lr. Addisc'be Kd.)Woodside (St. Luke's Hall, Spring Lane).South Norwood (Selhurst Road).Upper Norwood (Westow Street).Thornton Heath (Mersham Road).Thornton Heath (St. Alban's Hall. Whitehorse Lane).West Croydon (Johnson Road).
INFANT CENTRES. Under 12 Months :
(a) 1. New Cases1179273941127983377769135120
2. Old Cases1260919881151960109113421769100860814181274
(b) Attendances137882261124510721170142519061085677553394
Over 12 Months :
(a) 1. New Cases724161474531549680679449
2. Old Cases133461493969123472515952419171712381115841
(6) Attendances14070165410161279756164925151797I3°51209890
Seen by Doctor99271931985706481769112310078691064992
Expectant Mothers:
(a) Attendances17051822152859312920612714874146
(b) Home Visits687754659211281155361.6465
Visiting of Children from birth to 5 years of age :
I. First Visits313051632336991364374146315313319
2. Subsequent Visits4592796551600239559489320366284398

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At all the Centres in the town the children are regularly seen
by a doctor. At least once a week all those that really require
medical advice are seen, and all the infants under twelve months
are seen not less often than once a month. It has at times been
difficult to maintain this full service owing to the restrictions of
the staff and the continued growth of the work, but on the whole
the results of the work are as above stated.
At a considerable number of the Centres there are conducted
auxiliary forms of activity, such as the demonstration of good
modern hygienic infant clothing, penny banks, talks to mothers,
etc.