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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Cases where the Lady Almoner arranged:—

Cases where the Lady Almoner arranged:—

(a) Special hospital accommodation8
(b) Convalescence8
Cases referred for dental treatment147
Cases referred to the Tuberculosis Officer9
Cases referred to Mayday Hospital for X-ray examination27
Cases in which urethral smears were taken 46 were negative 22 were positive68
Cases in which the Wassermann reaction was investigated27
24 were negative 3 were positive One differential blood count was made. Number of cases sent by Midwives and ultimately admitted to hospital42

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No Midwife's case has been sent in without her knowledge and
approval. The greatest care has been taken to avoid cases being
taken out of their hands.

Table: Those cases were distributed thus:—

Those cases were distributed thus:—

Mayday HospitalConfinement only26
Ante Natal treatment and confinement9
Ante Natal treatment : confinement at home ...2
Total37
St. Mary'sConfinement only6
Ante Natal treatment and confinement1
Total7

Table: The 196 cases admitted to hospital prior to labour were distributed thus:—

The 196 cases admitted to hospital prior to labour were distributed thus:—

To Mayday Hospital124
To St. Mary's Hospital69
Elsewhere3

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The two tables which are included here show (a) the reasons
for hospital treatment of the cases admitted to hospital prior to
labour, and the destination of those cases: and (b) the type of
abnormality met with in the cases traced along with the place
the confinement.