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Total Number of Families assisted—
In receipt on Jan. 1st, 1930 102
New Cases 247
349
Average number of pints supplied weekly 820
This is an increase of 146 pints supplied over the figures for 1929.
Sick Nursery, Lodge Road.
This institution is for the reception of sick babies and young
children up to the age of 5 years. The majority of the admittances
are for the correction of dietetic errors, the re-establishment of
breast feeding, and for weaning. There are nominally 14 cots for
babies and 2 beds for nursing mothers, the demand on the cots,
however, has been such that more often than not 15 or 16 cots are
in use. Cases for admission are referred from the infant welfare
centres in the majority, but on occasion babies are admitted at the
request of the private medical attendant. The parents are expected
to contribute towards the expenses of maintenance according to
their means; assessment is made on a scale of income.
Cases are retained at the Nursery until the termination of the
treatment unless surgical intervention of a major character is required
or one of the infectious diseases develops, when the child is
sent to the hospital of the parents' choice, or to the Borough
Isolation Hospital.
The Hanovia mercury vapour lamp, the gift in 1927 of Mrs.
Lewis and the mothers and helpers at the South Croydon Infant
Welfare Centre, has been in constant use during the year. A new
burner was purchased during the year.
Eighty-two babies and 8 mothers were admitted, as compared
with 77 babies and 10 mothers in 1929. The average length
of stay was 48 days as compared with 38 in 1929.