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Kensington 1919
Annual report (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health 1919
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TELFORD ROAD BABY CLINIC
Statistics of work done for year ending 31st March, 1920.
| l. | No. of individual expectant mothers who attended institution | 101 |
| 2. | Total attendances of expectant mothers | 327 |
| 3. | No. of sessions for expectant mothers | 52 |
| 4. | No. of individual children (under 5) who attended institution | 908 |
| 5. | Total attendances of children | 5,675 |
| 6. | Average attendance per session | 38 |
| 7. | No. of sessions on which doctors attended for infant consultations | 151 |
| 8. | No. of visits paid to homes of children by salaried workers (prospective operation cases and home treatment) | 82 |
| 9. | No. of dental sessions | 26 |
| 10. | No. of mothers who received dental treatment | 52 |
| 11. | „ „ children „ ,, „ „ | 61 |
| 12. | „ „ dentures provided | 7 |
| l. | Salary of Medical Officers | 202 | 12 | 0 |
| 2. | „ „ Nurses | 130 | 7 | 0 |
| 3. | „ „ Dispenser | 79 | 14 | 6 |
| 4. | „ „ Caretaker (including cleaning and washing clothes bags) | 52 | 12 | 0 |
| 5. | Furniture and equipment | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| 6. | Rent, rates and taxes | 53 | 14 | 4 |
| 7. | Heating and lighting | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 8. | Printing, stationery, postage, etc. | 22 | 15 | 1 |
| 9. | Dentist's fees | 27 | 6 | 0 |
| 10. | Cost of drugs and other medical requisities | 208 | 4 | 4 |
| 11. | Cost of cheap milk for mothers and children (Glaxo) | 186 | 16 | 0 |
| 12. | Laundry and sundries | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 13. | Cost of mother's teas | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 14. | Insurances | 5 | 12 | 4 |
| 15. | Repairs | 179 | 14 | 6 |
| 16. | Legal charges | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17. | Telephone | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| *Total | £1,199 | 12 | 0 |
Outstanding on March 31st, 1920—£293 9s. 9d.
Receipts for year ending 31st March, 1920.
| l. | Grant from Ministry of Health | 413 | 16 | 3 |
| 2. | Voluntary contributions and donations | 254 | 2 | 0 |
| 3. | Receipts from mothers for dentures | 9 | 12 | 3 |
| 4. | „ „ „ „ bottles | 4 | 17 | 11 |
| 5. | Collection boxes (mothers contributions) | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 6. | Receipts from mothers for bandages | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7. | „ „ „ „ milk (Glaxo) | 162 | 18 | 8 |
| 8. | Telephone box | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9. | Interests and Dividends | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 10. | Rent returned in lieu of decorations and repairs | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | £900 | 9 | 7 |
TIME TABLE.
| Monday | 2 to 5.—Doctor's consultations for infants. | Thursday | 2 to 5.—Dental treatment for mothers (twice monthly) |
| Tuesday | 2 to 3.30.—Doctor's consultations for expectant mothers. (Nursing mothers also seen and treated at this session.) | ||
| 2 to 5.—Dental treatment for children (once monthly) | |||
| Wednesday | 2 to 5.—Doctor's consultations for infants | Friday | 2 to 5.—Doctor's consultations for infants. |
| Thursday | 2 to 5.—Operations (once monthly). |
Each morning the nurse is engaged in dressings and the treatment of minor ailments.
Treatment is provided, as far as possible, for all chronic and sub-acute illness.
Children acutely ill are sent home to care of local doctors or to Hospital or Infirmary.
Small operations (tonsils, adenoids, circumcisions, etc.) are undertaken at the Clinic; the doctors attended
on 10 occasions for this purpose and performed 42 operations during the year under review.
Children needing major operations are sent to appropriate institutions.
The Clinic also carries out the work of Infant Consultations on lines somewhat similar to those at Schools
for Mothers; but home visiting is not undertaken except in connection with operations and treatment.
The scheme for dental treatment had been in operation for eight months by the end of the year. It
provides for the treatment of expectant and nursing mothers and children under five. Dentures are provided,
but mothers have to pay the full amount of the assessment made before receiving them.
STAFF.
| Dr, Ethel Bentham | M.D. | £1 1s. per session | — |
| Dr. Honor Bone | M.D. | £1 1s. per session | — |
| Dr. Anne Gilliat t | M.D. | £1 1s. per session | — |
| Nurse Westcott | General Hospital Trained | £8 1s. 6d. per month | — |
| Nurse Jeffery | General Hospital Trained and Trained Midwife | 7s. 6d. per (about 7 sessions per month)per session | — |
| Miss Hill | Qualified dispenser | £1 10s. per week | — |
| Mrs. Nott (Caretaker) | — | £ 1 per week | 2 rooms free |
Seven ladies give regular voluntary assistance.