[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 50

Croydon 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Table XIII.—Deaths from Infantile Summer Diarrhoea, showing place of incidence and condition of domestic surroundings.

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Table XIII.—Deaths from Infantile Summer Diarrhoea, showing place of incidence and condition of domestic surroundings.

Address.	Age.	Sex.	L. or 111.	Number in Family, and how many have died of similar Complaints.	How fed : Cow, Breast, or Tinned Milk. Note condition and cleanliness of Cooking Utensils.	Condition.			Notes
Address.	Age.	Sex.	L. or 111.			Interior of house.	Back and Front Yards.	W.C's.	Notes
Foxley Lane, Beddington	2 months	M.	L.	None	Fed from the breast during the first four weeks. Afterwards on cows' milk, lime water, and water mixed, and on the last day of life from the breast (wet nurse). Utensils very clean.	Clean	Clean	Slightly corroded in traps from hard water.	This is a house where there could be no suspicion of uncleanliness to set up Diarrhoea. The child was out a good deal in the open air, and the hot weather of July and early part of A :?ust may have had some effect on tne child.
Reform Place, Merton	4 months	M.	L.	None	Fed on Dr. Allen's Food mixed with water and milk, from O.J. White, Morden Farm, Merton, and after illness set in barley water and lime water were both used. Food boiled in enamel saucepans, which parents state were kept very clean.	Clean	Front area is used as a flower garden. Back yard fairly clean, but garden not cultivated. These houses are somewhat hemmed in, but there is an opening for a little air to pass through back gardens.	W.C. pan recently soiled, otherwise pan is not corroded.	The front room of the house is stuffy owing to want of ventilation, the stove register being down.
Kingston Road, Merton	14 weeks	M.	L.	None	By bottle, with cows' milk and barley water. Utensils very clean.	Very clean	Very well kept, and with good sanitary surround	In good condition
Dupont Road, Merton	11 months	F.	L.	Four in family; two died of similar complaints	Cows' milk and several patent foods, by good shaped bottle. Utensils clean.	Clean	ings. In good condition, very clean.	One W.C. outside in garden.
Chestnut Road, Merton	16 months	M.	L.	Ten in family	By bottle, correct shape, with cows' milk and Neave's Food. Utensils very clean.	Very clean	Yards well kept	One W.C. in yard, in good order.	This child was delicate from birth
Kingston Road, Merton	3 months	M.	L.	Three in family	Bottle, with cows' milk, and Allenbury's Patent Food. Utensils very clean.	Clean	In good condition	In good order	This is the first child, and was delicate from birth.
Grove Road, Mitcham	10 months	F.	L.	Four in family ; one died of similar complaint in 1902	By good shaped bottle, with Allen & Hanbury's and Nestle's Condensed Milk. Utensils very questionable.	Clean	Dirty and badly paved. Vegetable refuse thrown about.	One W.C. inside scullery. Filthy bedroom utensils about kitchen and scullery.
Fortescue Road, Mitcham	10 months	M.	L.	Five in family; two died of similar complaints, one in	Fed by breast till five months old, then Robinson's Groats, cows' milk and barley water, in good bottle. Utensils only fairly clean ; the whole place suffers from neglect.	Fairly clean. Very poorly furnished.	Damp and very squalid. Vegetable refuse lying about.	One W C. in yard, in good order.	Father was out of work for some time
Fortescue Road, Mitcham	10 months	F.	L.	1900 and one in 1903		Fairly clean. Very poorly furnished.	Damp and very squalid. Vegetable refuse lying about.	One W C. in yard, in good order.	Father was out of work for some time
Piccadilly, Mitcham	11 months	M.	L.	Eight in family	Cows' milk and Allen & Hanbury's Food. Utensils clean.	Fairly clean	Paved court. No back yard.	In good condition	There are only two very small bedrooms in this property.
Grove Road, Mitcham	9 months	F.	L.	Four in family; three died of similar complaints	Totally from breast. Utensils clean.	Fair condition	Very badly kept back yard.	In good condition.
Princes Road, Mitcham	6 months	F.	L.	Five in family; two died of similar complaints	Partial breast and bottle, Nestle's Milk. Utensils clean.	In good condition Kitchen very dirty, a large number of flies.	Front yard very good. Back very dirty and squalid.	In good order	Father out of work for some time.
Belgrave Road, Mitcham	7 months	F.	L.	Four in family	Bottle, with Nestle's Milk and malted food. Utensils good.	Bedrooms require cleansing, otherwise very good,	Good condition	One W.C., in fairly good condition.	No proper dustbin, and drinking water from cistern in roof space, with defective cover.
Chapel Road, Mitoham	7 months	M.	L.	Four in family	Frame Food and cows' milk, by bottle. Utensils very clean.	Very clean	In good condition	In good condition, perfect flush.
Seaton Road, Mitcham	3 months	F.	Illeg.	None	At the breast to five weeks old, then on cows' milk and barley water, given in ordinary feeding bottle. Latterly milk was not boiled. Utensils generally clean.	The air of the kitchen was unwholesome at time of visit.	Back yard is partly paved	W.C. in order.	The mother of this child is a single woman who had to go out to work, consequently the child was taken from the breast and left to the care of the occupier of the house during the day.
Lilian Road, Mitcham	5 months	F.	L.	Two living	On Nestle's Milk and patent barley, in tubeless	New house. Kept in a	Back yard is paved	W.C. is situated in yard,
Heaton Road, Mitcham	5 months				bottle. Utensils very clean. Condensed milk.	very cleanly state.		is in good order.	The case was the subject of an inquest, the child died somewhat suddenly, and it was alleged by the father to be due to tainted milk, as he found some rust at the bottom of the condensed milk tin. At the inquest it was not proved that the rust had anything to do with tainting the milk, but fermentation had set in.
Fountain Road, Mitoham	9 months	F.	L.	Six living; two previous deaths from diarrhoea	Nestle's in ordinary feeding bottle. Utensils not kept in a cleanly state.	The interior of house is in a very dirty and bad repair. The occupants are poor and dirty in their habits.	The back is paved, but very defective.	W.C. is situated in yard, and is being re-constructed.	Steps have been taken to have the house cleansed and repaired.
Fountain Road, Mitcham	7 months	F.	L.	One living	Cows' milk and corn flour by ordinary feeding bottle. Utensils generally clean.	The house is kept in a fairly cleanly state.	The back yard is paved, but is defective. Rubbish strewn all over the place.	W.C. is in yard abutting, against the dwelling, is stopped (a frequent occurrence).	The mother of this child works at a laundry from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., during which time the child was left in the care of its grandmother in the next street.
Church Road, Mitcham	9½ months	M.	L.	Two living	Cows' milk and Robinson's barley. Utensils very clean.	House kept in a cleanly state.	Both yards are paved	W.C. is in yard, and is in good order.
Gladstone Road, Mitcham	10 months	F.	L.	Five living	On Nestle's Milk and Robinson's biscuits. No feeding bottle used. Cooking utensils clean.	House is in a fairly cleanly state.	Back yard paved, but is defective.	W.C. pan is a long hopper, foul & broken.	The water storage oistsrn is in scullery, over the copper, and is without a
Western Road, Mitcham	9 months	M.	L.	None	Mellin's Food given by ordinary feeding bottle. Utensils ver clean.	The house is somewhat overcrowded, is kept in a cleanly state.	Back yard is paved.	In good order	The house consists of four rooms and a washhouse, and is occupied by two families.
Westfields, Mitcham	8 months	M.	L.	None	Nestle's Milk n ordinary feeding bottle. Utensils not kept in a cleanly state. Food is kept in a cupboard alongside the fire place, where the pots and kettles are kept.	The house consists of three rooms on the ground floor, and all are in a cleanly state.	The back yard is paved. The private cartway in front of the house is in a very bad state.	W.C. is in yard, and is in good order.	The mother of the child is a flower seller. The father a carman.
Leonard Road, Mitcham	2 months	M.	L.	Four living; two others have died of diarrhoea	Nestle's Milk given in an ordinary feeding bottle. Utensils clean.	The walls and ceilings of the house are in a cleanly state.	The back yard is paved and in good order.	W.C. is situated in yard and is in good order.