Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Staff of Clinics —
†Mav Appleton, Diploma of Chelsea College of Physical Education, Organiser
and Supervisor of Physical Training (Girls) and Remedial Exercises
Classes.
†Winifred F. Bafson, C.S.M.M.G. (Certificates in massage, medical electricity,
and Swedish remedial exercises), Masseuse, School Medical Service.
†Lucy J. Peake, C.S.M.M.G. (Certificates in massage, medical electricity, and
Swedish remedial exercises), Masseuse, Maternity and Child Welfare
(part-time).
†Mrs. Connor, Organizer, Tuberculosis and Orthopaedic Care Work.
†G. H. Belmore, Female Assistant to the Dental Surgeons.
Croydon Borough Hospital, Croydon Borough Sanatorium, and Sick
Nursery—
Nursing and Domestic Staffs.
Clerical Staff—
Twenty full-time clerks.
† Exchequer contributions are received in respect of salaries of these officers.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
1. General Statistics.
Area (acres)—9,012.
Population (Census 1921)—190,877.
Population, June, 1926 (Registrar-General's Estimate)—205,900.
Number of Inhabited Houses (1921) 41,923.
Rateable value—£1,475,013 12s. 6d. (1st April, 1926).
Sum represented by a penny rate—£5,630 (net) (Estimated
1926-27).
Births— | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 1688 | 1641 | 3329 | |
Illegitimate | 76 | 72 | 148 | 16.9 |
Totals | 1764 | 1713 | 3477 |
Deaths—2,269. Death-rate—11.0.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, child-birth:—
From Sepsis—11. From other causes—13.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births (infant
mortality)—61.
Legitimate rate—56. Illegitimate rate—169.
Nunber of deaths from Measles (all ages)—13.
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages)—9.
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)—26.
Other particulars required by the Ministry of Health under
Circular 540, of 18th December, 1924, will be found in the body of
the report and can be traced through the index.
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