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Kensington 1919

Annual report (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health 1919

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Table: Statistics showing Work Done, Income and Expenditure, and Staff engaged at various Child Welfare Institutions in the Royal Borough of Kensington SCHOOLS FOR MOTHERS. Statistics for the Year ending March 31st, 1920. (In the case of Bramley Road, the figures of work done are for the year ending December 31st, 1919)

Statistics showing Work Done, Income and Expenditure, and Staff engaged at various Child Welfare Institutions in the Royal Borough of Kensington SCHOOLS FOR MOTHERS. Statistics for the Year ending March 31st, 1920. (In the case of Bramley Road, the figures of work done are for the year ending December 31st, 1919)

Archer StreetBramley Roadwith Henley Street extensionCampden HillEarl's Court, Warwick RoadGolborneLancaster RoadRaymedeTotals
1. No. of births notified to the Center by the Public Health Dept.135520952143102944382006
2. No. of individual expectant mothers who attended74128933296174453
3. Total attendances of expectant mothers21642716182406103961653
4. No. of sessions on which dodlors attended for expectant, mother consultations.(Where no sessions are shown, the expectant mothers are seen at Infant Consultations)525——13896
5. No. of individual children (under 5) who attended2436341472304513026542661
6. Total attendances of children262325271900198540892264269718085
7. Average attendance per session of children26192121432327—
8. No. of Sessions on which doctors attended for infant consultations1001339096939398703
9. No. of first visits paid by salaried workers to homes of expectant mothers852991838813271795
10. Total number of home visits by salaried workers to expedtant mothers610591497313535432004
11. No. of first visits paid by salaried workers to homes of children2433801002561653131331590
12. Total number of visits paid by salaried workers to homes of children39471232142322334781085221712615
13. No. of home visits paid to children by voluntary workers—675—66103583072091
14, No. of sessions on which dentist attended—22———104577
15. „ „ mothers who received dental treatment—555—1820571669
16. „ „ children „ „ „ „—7——2—114123
17. ,, „ dentures provided.—164—245480
18. ,, „ lectures on health, nursing, etc., at Centre—61—3640—3370
19. „ „ mothers' attendances at lectures—708—747446—6422513
20. „ „ cooking classes held————39—1655
21. „ „ mothers' attendances at cooking classes————464—172636
22. ,, „ sewing classes held504238—346446274
23. „ „ mothers' attendances at sewing classes487206127—19590611613082
24. „ ,, dinners given————27421295712211159
25. ,, ,, individual mothers attending dinners————641089163
26. „ „ „ children „ „—————96776

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Every Saturday the Medical Officer of Health sends a weekly list to each School for Mothers giving the births which have
occurred in the area allotted to that institution and including births occurring in hospitals, etc., in those cases where the Mothers
have come from the area of the Welfare Centre (the births occurring in homes where it is obvious that no attention will be
required from Schools for Mothers or Health Visitors are omitted from the list). The number of live births notified to the
Medical Officer of Health for the year ending March, 1920, was 3,210, and it will be seen in Item 1 of the above table that
2006 of these were reported to the Welfare Centres. The weekly lists were not sent to Archer Street before the second week
in September, 1919, and it is probable that the births notified to that Centre would have been about 230 if the lists had
been sent for the whole year. The attendances of expectant mothers at Bramley Road and Golborne include attendances at lectures,
dinners, etc., in addition to those at consultations. The total attendances of children at doctor's consultations at Golborne were 1311;
the total 4089 includes attendances at weighings as well as consultations.
At Lancaster Road special sessions for expectant mothers were
commenced just before the close of the year.
A session is a half-day of two or three hours.
ARCHER STREET Dental treatment commenced in April, 1920
GOLBORNE Dental cases treated at Raymede.
LANCASTER ROAD Dental sessions held at Henley Street
Centre