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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The Conditions of Babies on First Attendance at a Maternity and
Child Welfare Clinic.
Table LXXXVII.
| Babies Under One Year. | Infants Over One Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. found healthy on 1st visit. | Percentage | No. found ailing on 1st visit | Digestive Troubles. | Rickets. | Respiratory Troubles | Other Causes. | Babies on Breast Feeding only. | Percentage. | Babies Bottle fed only. | Babies partly breast and partly bottle fed. | No. found healthy on 1st visit. | Percentage. | No. found ailing on 1st visit. | Digestive Troubles. | Rickets. | Respiratory Troubles | Other Causes. | No. still on Breast at 1st visit. | No. Weaned and on solid food. | Percentage. | No. not Weaned and on bottle entirely | No. on solid food and the Breast. | No. on solid food and the bottle. | Total first attendances tabulated. | |
| Municipal (2) | 309 | 91 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 225 | 67 | 75 | 38 | 61 | 73 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 74 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 422 |
| St. Albans (2) | 163 | 76 | 52 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 144 | 67 | 55 | 16 | 41 | 54 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 62 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 288 |
| Boston Road | 70 | 82 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 72 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| East Croydon | 99 | 72 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 80 | 58 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 180 |
| Norbury | 84 | 86 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 52 | 38 | 9 | 28 | 74 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 136 |
| St. Paul's | 38 | 75 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| All Saints | 43 | 75 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 56 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 76 |
| Shirlev | 60 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 65 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 88 |
| South Croydon | 110 | 86 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 92 | 72 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 153 |
| South Norwood (2) | 174 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 167 | 71 | 54 | 7 | 43 | 74 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 293 |
| Sylverdale Road | 85 | 82 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 71 | 68 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 134 |
| Upper Norwood | 47 | 71 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 35 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 96 |
| Waddon ... | 76 | 91 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 61 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 124 |
| West Croydon | 118 | 87 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 64 | 41 | 8 | 30 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 |
| Woodside | 87 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 59 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 127 |
| St. Oswald's | 72 | 99 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 69 | 22 | 8 | 29 | 97 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 121 |
| Totals | 1635 | 83 | 332 | 180 | 2 | 30 | 127 | 1280 | 65 | 472 | 215 | 411 | 65 | 217 | 28 | 34 | 43 | 123 | 8 | 507 | 81 | 7 | 16 | 100 | 2651 |