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From this return it will be seen that the only wards which appear
to be satisfactorily served by the existing Centre are the West,
North, Central, and possibly the East. The Upper and South
Norwood and South Wards have their needs far from adequately
met.
I am of opinion that so far as school treatment service is
concerned Subsidiary Centres are required in Upper Norwood and
in South Norwood, and also in the southern part of the
Borough. These wherever they are provided should be combined
with Infant and Maternity Centres. At one of the Norwood
Centres also there should be a Subsidiary Dental Treatment
Centre. The need for this is borne out by the great difficulty
experienced in getting people from the Norwood regions to attend
at the Dental Clinic in the Town Hall for the treatment of the teeth
of school children. This difficulty will be still greater when the
teeth of the children under school age are to be dealt with.
Creches.
Creches exist in Croydon in Wilford Road and at Pitlake
Bridge. Both of these have been carried on by voluntary subscriptions
and during the war have been approved by the Government
Department concerned. This past year, however, the Government
inspectors have made adverse reports upon them, not so much with
reference to the conduct of the Creches as to the accommodation.
I am of opinion that the Creches are unsuitably housed. The need
for such provision in the two areas mentioned has been demonstrated
by the use made of the existing institutions and I feel that