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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 1938
[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 (95) and East
Croydon and Municipal (94). The centres showing the highest
percentage of babies found ailing on their first visit were St.
Andrew's and St. Oswald's, followed by Upper Norwood and
Addington.
Breast feeding seemed most usual in babies attending Waddon,
Municipal and West Croydon Centres, and least usual in cases
attending Upper Norwood and Addington Centres. In children
over one year of age, attending for the first time, the highest
percentages healthy were shown by St. Paul's (87), and South
Norwood and East Croydon (81); the highest percentages found
unhealthy were at St. Oswald's (54), St. Andrew's (50), and Holy
Trinity (47).