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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following is a summary of the work done in the two panel districts:—
| No. 3 District. Year to 31/3/1937. | No. 2 District. Eleven months to 31/3/1937. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average number of separate patients attended during each quarter | 209 | 174 | ||||
| Particulars of services rendered: Attendances at patients' homes | 1,087 | 3,343 | 583 | 2,626 | ||
| Attendances on a second person in the same house at the same visit | 156 | 22 | ||||
| Attendances on patients at the surgery | 1,786 | 1,719 | ||||
| Medical Certificates issued | 314 | 302 | ||||
| Total number of prescriptions written | 3,045 2,679 | (1936) | 2,211 | (1936) | ||
| Total number issued during corresponding period of previous year | 1,700 | |||||
| Estimated cost of drugs, dressings and dispensing | £101 £88 | (1936) | £74 | (1936) | ||
| Estimated cost for corresponding period of previous year | £56 | |||||
| Estimated amount of per capita payment to doctors in respect of patients actually attended | 2/5 | 2/3 | ||||
| Estimated average payment per service point | 1.1 pence | 1.2 pence | ||||
| NUMBER 3 DISTRICT. | NUMBER 2 DISTRICT. | |||||
| D.M.O.'s Salary 150 Pool for payment of Prac-Drugs, Dressings and Dis- titioners 200 | D.M.O.'s Salary | 120 | Pool for Payment of Practitioners | 150 | ||
| Drugs, Dressings and Dispensing (year to 31/3/1936) | ||||||
| pensing 62 Drugs, Dressings and Dispensing 104 | 51 | Drugs, Dressings and Dispensing | 74 | |||
| £212 £301 | £171 | £224 | ||||