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Croydon 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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The individual centres showing the highest percentage of
babies found healthy on their first visit were Waddon (96) and
East Croydon and St. Jude's (95), Municipal and South Croydon
with 94, and Woodside with 91 were next. The centres showing
the highest percentage of babies found ailing on their first visit
were Holy Trinity and St. Oswald's, followed by St. Andrew's
and St. Paul's.
Breast feeding seemed most usual in babies attending St.
Alban's, Waddon, and St. Jude's Centres, and least usual in
cases attending Norbury, St. Paul's and Holy Trinity Centres.
In children over one year of age, attending for the first time, the
highest percentages healthy were shown by East Croydon (90),
St. Jude's (88), and South Croydon and Waddon (84); the highest
percentages found unhealthy were at St. Oswald's (61), St.
Andrew's (46), and Holy Trinity and St. Alban's (43).
The largest number of first attendances was recorded at the
Municipal Centre, followed by East Croydon, St. Alban's, and
South Norwood. These Centres hold two sessions weekly.