London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Number of Homes | Number of beds provided for | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity | Other | Total | |||
| Homes registered during the year | - | . | * | . | |
| Homes closed during the year | 2 | 16 | 26 | 42 | |
| Homes on the Register at the end of the year | 14 | 20 | 370 | 390 | |
One general nursing home and one maternity home were closed during
the year under review.
NURSES AGENCIES ACT. 1957
There are three agencies on the Register which supply nurses for home
nursing on a private patient paying basis. A fourth was licenced but did not
operate during 1970.
CREMATION ACTS. 1902 and 1952
During the year 2,870 certificates were completed by the Medical
Officer of Health in the capacity of Medical Referee under the above Acts.
PUBLIC MORTUARY AND
CORONER'S POST MORTEM ROOM 1969
Total number of bodies received, including one nonviable
foetus 1,093
One Adult no Post Mortem Examination.
One Stillborn no Post Mortem Examination.
Total number of Post Mortem Examinations for
H.M, Coroner 1,092