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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The Conditions of Babies on First Attendance at a Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
Table XVII.
Babies Under One Year. | Children Over One Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. found healthy on 1st visit. | Percentage. | No. found ailing on 1st vi-it | 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 Troubles. | 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 entirely | No. on solid food and the Breast | No. on solid food and the bottle. | Total first attendances tabulated. | |
Mun.cipal (2) | 314 | 90 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 254 | 73 | 64 | 31 | 57 | 74 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 75 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 426 |
St. Albans (2) | 162 | 81 | 39 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 112 | 56 | 55 | 34 | 56 | 75 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
Boston Roaa | 65 | 71 | '27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 74 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
West Croydon | 94 | 87 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 66 | 27 | 10 | 23 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 143 |
Norbury | 63 | 91 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 65 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
St. Paul's | 80 | 86 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 57 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 |
All Saints | 35 | 78 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 60 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
Shirley | 65 | 83 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 74 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
South Croydon | 74 | 80 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 70 | 76 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
South Norwood(2) | 196 | 86 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 129 | 56 | 68 | 12 | 51 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 74 | 1011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 303 |
St. Andrew's | 72 | 69 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 82 | 78 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 125 |
Upper Norwood | 35 | 64 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 82 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 86 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
Waddon | 82 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 94 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 |
East Croydon (2). | 175 | 97 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 73 | 29 | 19 | 91 | 83 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 110 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 291 |
Woodside | 116 | 93 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 66 | 32 | 10 | 38 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
St. Oswald's | 56 | 64 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 69 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108 |
St. Jude's | 102 | 86 | 17 | 12 | i | 0 | 4 | 89 | 75 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 |
Totals | 1786 | 84 | 330 | 211 | 9 | 24 | 86 | 1460 | 69 | 454 | 180 | 490 | 72 | 190 | 25 | 34 | 31 | 100 | 1 | 670 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2796 |