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Croydon 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE VIII.

Work of Croydon Maternity and Child Welfare Centres and of Health Visitors, 1926,

INFANTS CENTRESMunicipal Centre (Lodge Road).Central Croydon (Sylverdale Roal'.South Croydon (Bartlett Street).East Croydon (Lr. Addisc be Rd.)Woodside ' (St. Luke's Hall, Spring Lane).South Norwood (Selhurst Road).Upper Norwood (St. Margaret's. Naseby Road).Thornton Heath (St. Paul's Hall).Thornton Heath (St. Alban's Hall. Whitehorse Lane).West Croydon (Strathmore Road).Norbury.TOTAL.
Infants Undkr 1 Year: Attendances—
(a) 1 New Cases30811110915113919067S5228141931622
2. Old Cases2971139110511632170426531029127532301894100619836
Total327915021601783184328431096136034582035109920458
Seen by Doctor16497356238219231577603722156261956710401
Children 1—5 YRS. of Agr :
(b) 1. New Cases99444365478224341013954632
2. Old Cases1995132515921554110035711515147532711873139420665
Total2094136916351619114736531539150933721912144821297
Seen by Doctor1139669618681548155269775814566463719135
Attendance of Mothers (a) & (b)4949259624022989282455682055253663033493230838023
Expectant Mothers Attendances—
(C) 1. New Cases10948455232951117902913541
2. Old Cases185711567643195735420238331126
Total29411920112875290847129267461667
Home Visits92381075257611337539636687
Visiting of Childr'n (d) Under 12 months
1. First Visits3176101583782452244063133355771633735
2. Subsequent Visits65820265589542063555004054746153387149
3. No. of Children seen780219053011204604987676357179484319076
(e)From I-5y'rs. of age
1. First Visits200151064342281382248229997
2. Subsequent Visits114125796721943358451680499758169737811456
3. No. of children seen126519965381611262348901544869139433110059
(f) re Infant Deaths23381616201717514649239
{g) ,, Still births5856571291411486
(h) Special Visits3158411701610514372363702
(i) Unsuccessful visits3268972668842444552652752655463534776