Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table XXIII.
Babies Under One Year. | Children Over One Year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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) | 308 | 92 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 221 | 71 | 42 | 50 | 120 | 96 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 117 | 91 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 453 |
3t. Albans (2) | 82 | 55 | 67 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 106 | 76 | 33 | 10 | 33 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 |
Boston Road | 81 | 85 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 76 | 19 | 4 | 28 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 132 |
West Croydon | 85 | 71 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 90 | 75 | 21 | 9 | 35 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 165 |
Norbury | 63 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 65 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 60 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 33 | 89 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 112 |
St. Paul's | 33 | 35 | 62 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 64 | 67 | 27 | 4 | 13 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
All Saints | 49 | 72 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 49 | 71 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
Shirley | 62 | 76 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 67 | 21 | 6 | 23 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
South Croydon | 121 | 77 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 125 | 80 | 22 | 10 | 35 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 205 |
South Norwood(2) | 81 | 48 | 88 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 99 | 58 | 41 | 29 | 48 | 55 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 88 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 257 |
Sylverdale Road | 54 | 61 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 68 | 76 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
Upper Norwood | 39 | 68 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
Waddon | 100 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 83 | 13 | 5 | 55 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
East Croydon | 171 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 134 | 75 | 23 | 22 | 82 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 269 |
Woodside | 103 | 93 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 73 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
St. Oswald's | 47 | 67 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 63 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
St. Jude's | 103 | 86 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 90 | 75 | 7 | 23 | 55 | 85 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 185 |
Totals | 1585 | 77 | 482 | 199 | 8 | 38 | 237 | 1471 | 72 | 361 | 222 | 350 | 76 | 201 | 21 | 39 | 39 | 102 | 9 | 798 | 93 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 2924 |