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Kensington 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The Kensington Fulham and Chelsea Hospital was closed to in-patients throughout the year
owing to rebuilding operations being in progress. The first two sections of the Hospital will be
completed by December, 1930, and the Hospital Authorities will be able to start 1931 with 78 beds.
Although the lack of funds has prevented the erection of the third section, the first two sections
will constitute a complete Hospital with a fully equipped out-patient department.
The work performed at the Hospital during the year 1929 is as follows:—
| (a) Numbers. | |
|---|---|
| Total number of new Out-Patients | 4,162 |
| Total number of Out-Patient Attendances | 20,466 |
| Number of Casualty Patients | 1,838 |
| Number of Operations | 209 |
| „ „ Dental Cases | 1,265 |
| „ „ Massages | 1,014 |
THE PRINCESS LOUISE KENSINGTON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
The Princess Louise Kensington Hospital for Children was officially opened by Their Majesties
the King and Queen on the 21st May, 1928.
The Hospital has 42 cots available for the use of poor children, and the fact that the general
public appreciate the valuable services rendered by the Hospital may be gathered from the
following figures for 1929:—
(a)—IN-PATIENTS.
| 1. Total number of available Beds on 31st December, 1929 | 42 | |
| 2. Average number of available Beds during the year | 40.02 | |
| 3. Average number of Patients resident daily throughout year | 36.73 | |
| 4. Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at beginning of year | 41 | |
| 5. Number of In-Patients admitted during year | 1,113 | |
| 6. Number of In-Patients in the Hospital at the end of year | 34 | |
| 7. Average number of days each Patient was resident | 10.97 | |
| 8. Number of Patients admitted and discharged during the year who were resident for | (i) only 1 day | 64 |
| (ii) 2 and 3 days | 564 | |
(b)—OUT-PATIENTS.
| 1. Total number of new Out-Patients | 11,620 |
| 72,977 | |
| (a) Number of Patients on books at beginning of the year | 677 |
| (b) Number of Casualty Patients included in No. 1 above | 1,244 |
In October, 1927, the Borough Council established a Rheumatism Supervisory Centre at the
Princess Louise Kensington Hospital for Children for the supervision and treatment of children
suffering from acute rheumatism. Further information in regard to this Centre will be found in
the Section of this Report dealing with the Prevention of, and Control over, Infectious Disease.
The record of work carried out at the Centre during the year 1929, is as follows:—
| Number of sessions held | 48 | |
| Number of individual patients examined Kensington patients | 224 | |
| Other Boroughs | 68 | |
| Total attendances of patients | 829 | |