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Croydon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following tables give particulars as to the provision in 1925
of fresh milk through all the centres and of dried milk through the
Municipal centre : —
Issue of Fresh Milk Through Infant Welfare Centres.
| [Supplied to Families. | No. of Quarts. | Corporation Liability. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk a 3d. | 155292 | L s. d 229 0 0 |
| Milk Fre | 21490½ | 575 11 7 |
| Total number of Quarts supplied | 37020¼ | 804 11 7 |
Total Number of Families 471.
Average supplied to each case, 78 6 quarts.
Average cost of supply to each family, £2 2s. 7£d.
Average number of families supplied weekly 150.
,, ,, quarts „ 712.
Issue of Dried Milk Through Municipal Infant Welfare Centre.
As in previous years, a considerable amount of dried milk
has been issued either, free or at cost price.
(i) Admission to Convalescent Homes.
The Croydon Mothers' and Infants' Welfare Association has
continued to be responsible for sending mothers and debilitated
children to convalescent homes in the country or at the seaside.
The admissions are based on recommendations received from the
medical officers of the Infant Welfare Centres. During the year
71 mothers, and 132 children under 5 years of age, were sent away
to convalescent homes.
(j) Home Nursing.
Arrangements are now in effect for the home nursing, by the
staff of the Croydon Nursing Service, of selected cases of measles,
whooping cough, ophthalmia neonatorum, puerperal fever,
epidemic diarrhoea and infantile paralysis, where the home arrangements
were found to be unsatisfactory and the patients could not be
removed to a hospital.