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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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MILK SUPPLIED TO MOTHERS AND INFANTS.
| Supplied to Families. | No. of Quarts. | Received from Families. | Corporation Liability. | TOTALS, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| Milk at 3d | 14308¼ | 178 | 17 | 2¼ | 380 | 6 | 1¼ | 559 | 3 | 3½ |
| Milk at 6d | 3350¾ | 83 | 15 | 4½ | 48 | 7 | 1¾ | 132 | 2 | 6½ |
| Milk Free | 18561 | - | 717 | 8 | 2¼ | 717 | 8 | 2¼ | ||
| Total number of Quarts supplied | 36220 | 262 | 12 | 6¾ | 1146 | 1 | 5¼ | 1408 | 14 | 0 |
Total Number of Families 473.
Average supplied to each family, 76 57 quarts.
Average cost of supply to each family, £2 19s. 6¾d
Maternity Hostel.
St. Mary's Maternity Hostel continues to do most excellent work.
The general arrangements are the same as last year. 331 births
occurred in the institution in 1921, as against 326 in 1920. The number
of cases refused admission continues to be large enough to run a Hostel
more than twice the size of the existing one. The following table gives the returns of the cases dealt with.
| Women admitted. | Confinements. | Births. | Women Discharged. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Normal. | Com plicated. | Total. | Alive. | Stillborn. | Nonviable. | ||
| 346 | 323 | 223 | 100 | 331 | 323 | 8 | - | 347 |
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
1 maternal death during the year.
Twins born on eight occasions.
Ccesarean section performed in 2 cases.
14 women were in Hostel on 1st January, 1922.
16 women were in Hostel on 31st December, 1920
Ante-Natal Clinic.
The meetings of this clinic have been increased to twice weekly as
the rush of work could not be overtaken otherwise. The total number
of expectant mothers attending was 440; the total attendances were
1660; and the average weekly attendance was 32. In addition to this
special clinic a considerable amount of ante-natal work is done at the
ordinary centres. As in previous years, the clinic worked in close cooperation
with the Centres and with the Hostel, sending cases to the
latter institution for pre-natal treatment when necessary.