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Kensington 1926
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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The Mutual Registration of Assistance Society (a branch of the Charity Organisation Society)
have been of considerable help to the Council's Milk Sub-Committee in providing information
of the assistance being given by other bodies to applicants for milk at a reduced price or free of
cost, and the Council acknowledge the value of the work by making an annual grant of £10 to the
Society.
The Council's Milk Sub-Committee work in close co-operation with the Board of Guardians
and a scheme has been formulated whereby milk and dinners recommended by the Milk SubCommittee
are supplied by the Board to certain nursing mothers who are already in receipt of Poor
Law relief. This scheme obviates the undesirable practice of a person being granted a somewhat
similar form of relief by two different authorities.
The dried milk and dinners supplied during the year by the Board of Guardians under this scheme are shown below:—
| No. of packets of Dried Milk supplied. | Cost to the Board of Guardians. | No. of Dinners supplied | Cost to the Board of Guaidians. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 155 | £3 17 6 |
NOTE.—The figures for fresh milk supplied by the Guardians after recommendation by the Milk Sub-Committ e cannot be given separately.
THE WORK OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE MATERNITY AND
CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE.
This Committee was formally constituted by the Council in 1920 and is composed of two
representatives appointed by each of the seven Infant Welfare Centres, with two appointed by the
Baby Clinic.
On the re-election of the Committee in November, the membership was as follows:—
| Centre. | Representatives. |
|---|---|
| Archer Street Infant Welfare Centre | Mrs. Hillis and Miss Ramsden |
| Bramley Road „ „ „ | Mrs. Carnegie and Mrs. Graham Campbell |
| Campden Hill „ „ „ | Mrs. Nisbet and Mrs. Ware |
| Earl's Court „ „ „ | Lady Trustram Eve and Mrs. Truscott |
| Golborne „ ,, ,, | Mrs. Swan and Miss Fraser |
| Lancaster Road „ „ „ | Mrs. Burne and Mrs. Webb |
| Raymede „ „ „ | Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Sedgwick |
| The Baby Clinic „ „ „ | Lady Maurice and Dr. Bentham |
| Mrs. Carnegie was again appointed Chairman and Mrs. Burne Vice-Chairman. | |
For convenience of administration, it has been decided that the Advisory Committee will
hold office each year in future from January 1st to December 31st instead of from November 1st
to October 31st.
In March, the Committee organised a second Maternity and Child Welfare Exhibition, the
first having been held in 1924. In order to enable as many of the poorer mothers of North Kensington
as possible to visit the Exhibition, it was decided to hold it at the Argyll Hall, Lancaster
Road, and to keep it open for three days.
The Council kindly placed the Hall at the disposal of the Advisory Committee free of charge.
The "Archer Street" Centre displayed the work of their Dental Clinic, "Bramley Road,"
"Campden Hill," "Lancaster Road" and "Raymede," the weighing of babies and doctors
consultations. In addition, "Lancaster Road" provided a very interesting collection of exhibits
dealing with hygiene. "Golborne" provided a fully equipped Day Nursery, and "Earl's Court"
exhibited garments for children.
The Kensington District Nursing Association, the Raymede Massage Clinic, King's College for
Women, the Institute of Hygiene, and the Lancaster Road Fathers' Council provided very
interesting exhibits. The Gas Light and Coke Company showed their "Anti-Smoke Exhibition,"
the United Dairies Limited illustrated "The Necessity for a Pure and Clean Milk," and Messrs.
Gibbs, Limited (The Ivory Castle League), besides exhibiting, kindly lent cinematograph films
which proved a great attraction to the younger folk.
About four thousand persons visited the Exhibition.
Nine competitions for fathers and mothers of children attending the various Centres were
arranged and these proved very popular, nearly six hundred entries being received.