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Croydon 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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POOR-LAW RELIEF
(a) Domiciliary Relief.
Number of Croydon cases resident in the Borough and in
rcccipt of outdoor relief, on the-
1st January,1939 4695 persons; 2360 cases.
1st July,1939 4502 2325
1st January,1940 4194 2421
Expenditure on Outrelief during the 12 months ended 30th
Suptember, 1939 to Croydon cases resident in the Borough.
Half-year ended 31st March,1939 £50914.5.5d.
Half-year ended 30th September,19 39 £47903.9.6d.
( b) Institutional Relief.
Number of Croydon poor persons relieved in the Mayday
Hospital on 1st January,1940 and in the Queen's Road
Homes on the same date -
Mayday Hospital 39
Queen's Road Homes 505
(c) Medical Relief.
During the year the Panel Medical Service Scheme was
extended to two other medical relief districts of the
Eorough and medical relief is now administered by
this method in 6 out of 8 medic1 relief districts of
the Eorough.
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