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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The Centres at which patients were examined, or from which they were referred, are given in the following list: -
| Mothers. | Young Children. | Mothers. | Young Children. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante-Natal Clinic | 301 | - | Bensham Manor | - | 25 |
| Municipal Midwives | 259 | - | St. Andrew's | - | 20 |
| Welfare Centres: | Waddon | 1 | 19 | ||
| Municipal | 2 | 9 | Shirley | - | 10 |
| East Croydon | 2 | Boston Road | - | 5 | |
| Upper Norwood | 1 | 5 | Norbury | - | 13 |
| West Croydon | - | 18 | Holy Trinity | 3 | 13 |
| South Norwood | 1 | 7 | Addington | - | 13 |
| South Croydon | - | 19 | Sussex Rd., West Wickham | - | 7 |
| St. Alban's | - | 11 | |||
| Woodside | - | 17 | Day Nurseries | - | 93 |
| St. Oswald's | - | 17 | Referred by Dental | ||
| St. Jude's | - | 5 | Officers | - | 305 |
| Monks Hill Estate | - | 2 | |||
| Mothers: 570. Young Children : 641. Total: 1,211 | |||||
Tables required by Ministry of Health (Circular 2/50).
(a) Numbers provided with Dental Care
| Examined. | Needing Treatment. | Treated. | Made Dentally Fit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 476 | 471 | 471 | |
| Children under Five | 641 | 634 | 634 | 436 |
(b) Forms of Dental Treatment provided :
| Extractions. | Anaesthetics. | Fillings. | Scalings or Scaling and gum treatment. | Silver Nitrate treatment. | Dressings. | Radio graphs | Dentures provided. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | General. | Complete. | Partial. | |||||||
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 640 | 253 | 90 | 290 | 177 | - | 250 | 5 | 20 | 40 |
| Children under Five | 628 | 53 | 207 | 264 | 5 | 590 | - | - | - | - |