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on the bottle; 9.1 of the ailing babies were suffering from digestive
troubles, 1.6 from respiratory trouble and only 0.10 from rickets.
In the babies over a year of age found to be ailing, 4.5 were suffering
from digestive trouble, 5.4 from rickets, and 6.8 from respiratory
trouble; 80.7 of babies over 1 year had been weaned.
When compared with the figures for 1929, there is a remarkable
similarity in the percentages, a fact which seems to indicate that
they are substantially accurate, and give a true picture of the conditions
and states referred to specifically in the enquiry into the
infant population of Croydon.
The individual centre showing the highest percentage of babies
found healthy on their first bisit was St. Oswald's (99), a result
rather to be expected taking into consideration the district served;
Shirley and Woodside with 92 were next. The centres showing
the highest percentage of babies found ailing on their first visit
were Upper Norwood and East Croydon, followed by St. Paul's
and South Norwood.
Breast feeding seemed most usual in babies living in the
Boston Road and South Croydon districts, and least usual in the
Norbury and Upper Norwood districts. In infants over one year
of age, attending for the first time, the highest percentages healthy
was shown by St. Oswald's Centre (97); the highest percentages
found unhealthy were at Sylverdale Road (50) and St. Paul's (59)
The largest number of first attendances was recorded at the
Municipal Centre, followed by South Norwood. Both these centres
hold two sessions weekly. Among the single session weekly
centres, the largest number of first attendances was shown by East
Croydon.