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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The Conditions of Babies on First Attendance at a Maternity and
Child Welfare Centre.
Table XVII.
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) | 417 | 94 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 275 | 62 | 86 | 56 | 65 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 78 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 522 |
St. Albans (2) | 141 | 78 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 156 | 86 | 42 | 14 | 37 | 57 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 53 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 246 |
Boston Road | 75 | 79 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 63 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 132 |
West Croydon | 57 | 78 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 59 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
Norbury | 63 | 80 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 68 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 193 |
St. Paul's | 100 | 74 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 71 | 52 | 55 | 10 | 28 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 177 |
Holy Trinity | 41 | 60 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 56 | 21 | 9 | 3o | 56 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 59 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 2, | 130 |
Shirley | 95 | 83 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 71 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
South Croydon | 125 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 92 | 69 | 32 | 9 | 47 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 189 |
South Norwood(2) | 150 | 79 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 129 | 68 | 51 | 9 | 35 | 65 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 54 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 243 |
St. Andrew's | 90 | 73 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 69 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 150 |
Upper Norwood | 61 | 74 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 59 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1?1 |
Waddon | 87 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 76 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
East Croydon (2). | 174 | 95 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 71 | 39 | 14 | 111 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 123 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 306 |
Woodside | 9o | 91 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 68 | 26 | 6 | 33 | 75 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
St. Oswald's | 61 | 68 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 61 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 80 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
St. Jude's | 96 | 95 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 75 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
Totals | 1923 | 84 | 358 | 209 | 20 | 64 | 80 | 1508 | 66 | 548 | 214 | 583 | 73 | 215 | 46 | 41 | 47 | 81 | 3 | 747 | 94 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 3079 |