Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE VIII.
Work of Croydon Maternity and Child Welfare Centres and ofHealth Visitors, 1925.
INFANTS CENTRES | Foster Clinics. | Municipal Centre (228, London Road). | Central Croydon (Sylverdale Road). | South Croydon (Bartlett Street). | East Croydon (Lr. Addisc'be Rd.) | Woodside (St. Luke's Hall, Spring Lane). | South Norwood (Selhurst Road). | Upper Norwood (St. Margaret's, Naseby Koad). | Thornton Heath (St. Paul's Hall). | Thornton Heath (St. Alban's Hall. Whitehorse Lane). | West Croydon (Johnson Road). | Norbury. | TOTAL. |
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infants under | |||||||||||||
1 year: | |||||||||||||
Attendances— | |||||||||||||
(a) 1. New Cases | 1 | 229 | 86 | 100 | 149 | 101 | 176 | 51 | 83 | 202 | 145 | 76 | 1399 |
2. Old Cases | 11 | 2523 | 1234 | 1206 | 1428 | 11207 | 2485 | 674 | 1156 | 2788 | 2611 | 1032 | 18355 |
Total | 12 | 2752 | 1320 | 1306 | 1577 | 1308 | 2661 | 725 | 1239 | 2990 | 2756 | 1108 | 19754 |
Seen by Doctor | 12 | 1792 | 704 | 648 | 996 | 848 | 1397 | 412 | 729 | 1675 | 1372 | 656 | 11241 |
children 1—5 | |||||||||||||
yrs. of age : | |||||||||||||
(b) 1. New Cases | 7 | 87 | 27 | 37 | 63 | 33 | 66 | 25 | 39 | 78 | 63 | 37 | 562 |
2. Old Cases | 72 | 1730 | 1099 | 1605 | 1226 | 822 | 3441 | 1626 | 1659 | 2896 | 2128 | 1034 | 19338 |
Total | 79 | 1817 | 1126 | 1642 | 1289 | 855 | 3507 | 1651 | 1698 | 2974 | 2191 | 1071 | 19900 |
Seen by Doctor | 66 | 1176 | 480 | 656 | 593 | 555 | 1417 | 637 | 798 | 1645 | 1160 | 421 | 9604 |
Attendance of | |||||||||||||
Mothers (a) & (b) | 34 | 4229 | 2269 | 2494 | 2468 | 2175 | 5304 | 1851 | 2487 | 5467 | 4375 | 1944 | 35099 |
expectant mothers | |||||||||||||
, Attendances— | |||||||||||||
(c) 1. New Cases | 125 | 44 | 46 | 59 | 28 | 63 | 15 | 27 | 60 | 36 | 6 | 509 | |
2. Old Cases | 235 | 106 | 204 | 75 | 61 | 80 | 107 | 83 | 184 | 86 | 28 | 1249 | |
Total | 360 | 150 | 250 | 134 | 89 | 43 | 122 | 110 | 244 | 123 | 34 | 1758 | |
Home Visits | 104 | 199 | 104 | 150 | 108 | 105 | 7 | 778 | |||||
visiting of childr'n | |||||||||||||
(d) Under 12 months | |||||||||||||
1. First Visits | 450 | 498 | 553 | 663 | 556 | 801 | 139 | 3521 | |||||
2. Subsequent Visits | 489 | 1483 | 704 | 1104 | 685 | 1811 | 101 | 6276 | |||||
3. No. of Children | |||||||||||||
seen | 73s | 1733 | 1039 | 1550 | 1137 | 2105 | 197 | 8302 | |||||
(e)From l-5y'rs. of age | |||||||||||||
1. First Visits | 394 | 56 | 127 | 240 | 230 | 43 | 9 | 1199 | |||||
2. Subsequent Visits | 871 | 1634 | 1159 | 1371 | 1121 | 2446 | 170 | 8872 | |||||
3. No. of children seen | 1137 | 1467 | 1039 | 1363 | 1279 | 2145 | 144 | 8574 | |||||
(f) re Infant Deaths | 37 | 45 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 69 | 4 | 229 | |||||
(g) ,, Still births | 5 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 83 | |||||
(h) Special Visits | 64 | 69 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 196 | 3 | 509 | |||||
(i) Unsuccessful visits | 238 | 564 | 915 | 542 | 433 | 975 | 159 | 3667 |