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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1925

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925

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Table: The work done at the Infant Welfare Centres during the year 1925 is shown in the following table:

The work done at the Infant Welfare Centres during the year 1925 is shown in the following table:

Particulars of Work done.Archer Street.Bramley Road with Kenley Street Branch.Camp-den Hill.Earl's Court.Gol-borne.Lan-caster Road.Ray-mede.Totals.
1—No. of births occurring in the area of the Centre suitable for Welfare attention1206231333013303152852107
2—No. of sessions at which doctor attended for infant consultations952018510497134129845
3—No. of sessions at which doctor attended for special ante-natal consultations22261216_2338137
4—Total number of individual mothers who attended during the year45476285974067733072884
5—Number of individual mothers who attended ante-natal sessions during the year60623167367270398
6—Total number of individual children who attended during the year (Old)204387992032954293601977
,, ,, ,, (New)249480981622713432471850
7—Total attendances at Centre of mothers for all purposes. (Excluding the accompanying of children and for the purpose of buying dried milk or other article)871161167895417255051403114921
8—Total attendances at Centre of children for all purposes3978700919673707604878641073941312
9—Total attendances at dinners (Included in Nos. 4 and 5 above)—
1. Mothers————401173010603191
2. Children-----12677482015
10—Total attendances at doctors' consultations—
1. Ante-natal mothers10411578178903162291110
2. Post-natal mothers20316662773673344571810
3. Children287949381967300923544161429823606
11—Average attendances at doctors' consultations—
1. Ante-natal mothers4·74·46·610·5-_136·0-_
2. Post-natal mothers2·11-332·52·3-
3. Children30242329243133-
12—Number of individual children weighed during the year4538701972035667726073668
13—Total weighings321767121919354648486533873435509
14—Number of first visits paid by salaried workers to—
1. Expectant mothers3712629911983139542
2. Children19341495-—-207
15—Total number of home visits paid by salaried workers to—
1. Expectant mothers12218965602041333301103
2. Children18771392831126940731198294413584
16—Number of home visits paid to children by voluntary workers-
1. First visits--------
2. Total visits—279—--1645-1924

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When the Advisory Committee first commenced their activities they found it difficult to
compare the work of the various Infant Welfare Centres owing to the varying methods of keeping
records. Consequently the preparation of a complete system of record keeping, with a view to
securing uniformity, received attention. The system eventually decided upon is now in use at all
the Kensington Centres, with the result that records are capable of comparison. The system,
when first introduced, was approved by the Minister of Health and it is satisfactory to note that
his Department have adopted for their own statistical forms many of the proposals of the Advisory
Committee.
One interesting observation on the above table is the number of children seen at each doctor's
consultation. It is generally recognised that a doctor cannot satisfactorily deal with more than
26 to 30 children at one session and it will be seen in item No. 11 that the numbers dealt with
varied from 23 to 33.