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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The Conditions of Babies on First Attendance at a Maternity and
Child Welfare Centre.
Table XCIV.
| Babies Under One Year | Children Over One Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. found healthy on 1st visit. | Percentage | No. found ailing on 1st visit | Digestive Troubles. | Rickets. | Respiratory Troubles | Other Causes. | Babies on Breast Feeding only. | Percentage. | Babies Bottle fed only. | Babies partly breast and partly bottle fed. | No. found healthy on 1st visit. | Percentage. | No. found ailing on 1st visit. | Digestive Tioubles. | Rickets. | Respiratory Troubles | Other Causes. | No. still on Breast at 1st visit. | No. Weaned and on solid food. | Percentage. | No. not Weaned and on bottle entirelv | No. on solid food and the Breast. | No. on solid food and the bottle. | Total first attendances tabulated. | |
| Municipal (2) | 279 | 95 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 225 | 76 | 45 | 23 | 115 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 117 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 413 |
| St. Albans (2) | 138 | 78 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 111 | 68 | 46 | 6 | 38 | 63 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 223 |
| Boston Road | 64 | 88 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 58 | 20 | 10 | 41 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 86 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 123 |
| West Croydon | 112 | 88 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 90 | 71 | 30 | 6 | 41 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 178 |
| Norbury | 86 | 86 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 60 | 60 | 16 | 24 | 31 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 |
| St. Paul's | 53 | 87 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 79 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| All Saints | 49 | 77 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 94 |
| Shirley | 58 | 83 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 57 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 74 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| South Croydon | 94 | 82 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 89 | 78 | 21 | 4 | 23 | 55 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 155 |
| South Norwood(2) | 167 | 90 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 134 | 70 | 42 | 10 | 49 | 80 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 59 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 247 |
| Sylverdale Road | 9'2 | 82 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 57 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 131 | |
| Upper Norwood . | 43 | 76 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 62 | 15 | 6 | 35 | 61 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 113 |
| 101 | 98 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 72 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 166 | |
| East Croydon | 147 1(10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 74 | 11 | 27 | 94 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 90 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 244 | |
| Woodside | 142 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 71 | 26 | 16 | 40 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 186 |
| St. Oswald's | 56 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 73 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 76 |
| St. Judes | 91 | 86 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 69 | 65 | 25 | 12 | 51 | 86 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 165 |
| Totals | 1762 | 89 | 215 | 107 | 4 | 26 | 78 | 1378 | 69 | 406 | 193 | 693 | 80 | 168 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 83 | 11 | 776 | 90 | 7 | 11 | 56 | 2838 |