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Chelsea 1932
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932
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The following Table No. 29 shows the work carried out in the Home
during the past year :—
TABLE No. 29.
Mothercraft Training Home.
Analysis of Cases Admitted During the Year.
| Admissions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies. | Mothers. | Average stay. | ||
| Malnutrition. | For Breastfeeding. | Artificially fed. | Breast-fed. | |
| 39 | 74 | 73 | 60 days | 26 days |
| Resident babies. | Average stay. | |||
| 3 | 1 year | |||
Breast Feeding Analysis.
| Established. | Re-established. | Supply increased. | Supply regulated. | No change. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 9 | 40 | 21 | 4 |
Attendances for Test-Feeds.
| Mothers attending 1 day. | 2days. | 3days. | 4days. | 5days. | 6days. | 14days. | Total No. of Mothers. | Total No. of test feeds. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 270 |
The Borough Council made an annual contribution to the Chelsea
Mothercraft Training Home for the financial year 1932-1933. This is
included in the amount (£1,250) to the Violet Melchett Infant Welfare
Centre.
(b) Invalid Children's Aid Association.—Chairman : Alderman
F. J. Synge. Hon. Secretary : Mrs. Rathbone.
The Chelsea branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association is located
at 2, Glebe Place, King's Road, S.W.3. The Association provides, for
children referred to them, treatment in Hospitals, Sanatoria and Nursing
Homes, according to need ; convalescence in the country or at the
seaside ; orthopaedic appliances and surgical boots ; massage, remedial
exercises, surgical dressings and medical comforts; help in training,
for suitable work; additional clothing, etc.