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]
This page requires JavaScript
The Centres at which patients were examined, or from which they were referred, are given in the following list:—
| Mothers. | Young Children. | Mothers. | Young Children. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ante-Natal Clinic | 605 | — | Bensham Manor | — | 24 |
| Municipal Midwives | 402 | — | St. Andrew's | — | 6 |
| Welfare Centres: | Wpddon | — | 12 | ||
| Municipal | 2 | 26 | Shirley | — | 6 |
| East Croydon | — | 10 | Boston Road | — | 12 |
| Upper Norwood | — | 4 | Norbury | — | 19 |
| West Croydon | — | 15 | Holy Trinity | — | 9 |
| South Norwood | 2 | 14 | Addington | — | 13 |
| South Croydon | — | 7 | Sussex Rd., West Wickham | - | 15 |
| St. Alban's | — | 9 | |||
| Woodside | — | 28 | Day Nurseries | —. | 79 |
| St. Oswald's | — | 17 | The Retreat | 1 | — |
| St. Jude's | — | 6 | Referred by Dental Officers | 239 | |
| Monks Hill Estate | — | 4 | |||
Tables required by Ministry of Health ,Circular 2/50).
(
| Examined. | Needing Treatment. | Treated. | Made Dentally Fit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 837 | 830 | 830 | 559 |
| Children under Five | 687 | 677 | 677 | 546 |
(b) Forms of Dental Treatment provided :
| Extractions. | Anaesthetics. | Fillings. | Scalings or Scaling and gum treatment. | Silver Nitrate treatment. | Dressings. | Radio graphs | Dentures provided. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | General. | Complete. | Partial. | |||||||
| Expectant and Nursing Mothers | 812 | 377 | 131 | 296 | 275 | - | 480 | 9 | 57 | 59 |
| Children under Five | 694 | 101 | 226 | 247 | 12 | 767 | — | — | — | — |