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Rheumatism—
Acute rheumatism (rheumatic fever) together with
sub acute rheumatism and chorea 4
Non-articular manifestations of so-called "rheumatism"
(muscular rheumatism, fibrositis,
lumbago and sciatica) 2 2
Mental diseases—
(a) Senile Dementia 2 —
(b) Other 1 —
Senile decay 9 16
Accidental injury and violence 1 —
Disease of the Nervous System and Sense Organs 4 2
,, ,, Respiratory System 10 18
„ „ Genito-urinary System 1 —
Other diseases 3 —
Totals 41 40
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1929
This Act came into force on April 1st, 1930. Among other
provisions not immediately related to public health, this Act
abolished the Boards of Guardians, whose duties passed to the
Councils of Counties and County Boroughs. In order to meet the
new obligations the Councils formed Public Assistance Committees,
who undertook all those duties of the Guardians which were not
delegated to Special Committees of the Councils.
In Croydon the delegated duties comprise the carrying out of
the children Act, 1908, Part I. and the Vaccination Acts which are
now done by the Public Health Committee. In addition modified
arrangements were made in connection with Maternity, Tuberculosis,
and Mentally Deficient patients. The Council is now
responsible directly through its Public Health and Mental
Deficiency Committees for the care of all these cases, thus doing
away with the duplication of effort previously in force.
The Mayday Hospital was appropriated by the Public Health
Committee under Section 137 of the Public Health Act, 1875, on
April 1st, 1932.
The cessation of the percentage grants from the Ministry of
Health and the substitution of block grants affected the social