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Kensington 1926

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926

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Table: TABLE SHOWING THE CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO CLOTHING, NUTRITION, CLEANLINESS, TEETH AND VISION OF THE CHILDREN EXAMINED.

TABLE SHOWING THE CONDITIONS IN REGARD TO CLOTHING, NUTRITION, CLEANLINESS, TEETH AND VISION OF THE CHILDREN EXAMINED.

Age Group.Number examined.Clothing and Boots.Nutrition.Cleanliness of Head.Cleanliness of BodyTeeth.Vision.
Good.Fair.Poor.Good.Average.Below normal.Bad.Clean.Nits.Pediculi.Clean.Dirty.Pediculi.All sound.Less than 4 decayed.Four or more decayed.6/6 in both eyes.6/9 in either or both eyes.6/12 or worse in either eye.
Entrants
Boys1,046794246626774039—1,02521—1,02521—579323144———
Girls987808170925670526—94243296918—554303130———
Age 8.
Boys511346153128939923—501914793022691855724816090
Girls605468131613645118—56536457926—35119064307184100
Age 12
Boys8666042342821263519—85510182640—57925334497228137
Girls8155782211613964036—75259478926—57121628428229156
Age 14
Boys7225161812517153813—71011169626—45324623441145131
Girls763607153318556810—72437272340—53820124441189129
Total6,3154,7211,48910514554,676184—6,074226156,08622723,8941,9175042,3621,135743
Kensington percentages74.723.61.723.174.02.996.23.60.296.43.60.061.730.38.055.726.817.5
London percentages60.238.51.321.472.85.892.56.90.696.03.90.164.228.57.354.725.519.8

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SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES.

Table: There is in Notting Dale a School Treatment Centre managed by a voluntary committee and the work performed thereat during 1926 is as follows:—

There is in Notting Dale a School Treatment Centre managed by a voluntary committee and the work performed thereat during 1926 is as follows:—

New Cases.Total attendances.
Eye Cases6501,503
Aural Cases5292,237
Minor Ailment Cases2,06830,677
Dental Cases1,3412,433
X-Ray Cases64342

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A School Treatment Centre has also been established at the Baby Clinic premises in Tavistock
Crescent and the record of work for the year 1926 is as follows:—
Minor Ailment Cases 3,651 26,674
Dental Cases 1,196 4,363
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
The Borough is fortunate in having within its boundaries an excellent District Nursing
Association which employs a Superintendent and eleven nurses to carry out the nursing of all
diseases in the homes of the poor. The number of cases nursed during 1926 was 2 287 and the
number of visits paid, 38,964.

Table: The following is a table of cases attended and visits paid by nurses of the Kensington District Nursing Association on behalf of the Council from January 1st to December 31st, 1926:—

The following is a table of cases attended and visits paid by nurses of the Kensington District Nursing Association on behalf of the Council from January 1st to December 31st, 1926:—

Cases,Visits.
Maternity Cases31474
Miscarriages30292
Pneumonia2933,295
Ophthalmia Neonatorum and other Inflammations of the Eyes of Newly-born Children35359
Influenza37336
Zymotic Enteritis1161,245
Tuberculosis34987
Measles60839
Whooping Cough252
Erysipelas119
Totals6397,897