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Kensington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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RHEUMATISM SUPERVISORY CENTRE.
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
Appendix I of this report.
The record of work carried out at the centre during the year 1932 is as follows :—
| Number of sessions held | 50 |
| Number of individual patients examined— | |
| Kensington | 278 |
| Hammersmith | 54 |
| Other boroughs | 13 |
| Total attendances of patients— | |
| Kensington | 1,062 |
| Hammersmith | 205 |
| Other boroughs | 43 |
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
The London County Council provide ambulances free of cost for the conveyance to—
(a) Hospitals or private residences of :—
(i) persons meeting with accidents or suffering from sudden illnesses ;
(ii) parturient women, if the case is one of urgency, on the application of a qualified
medical practitioner or certified midwife, and
(iii) non.urgent cases of parturition, between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. if letters
of admission to maternity hospitals are produced.
(b) Fever hospitals for patients suffering from infectious disease.
(c) General hospitals and institutions of non.infectious cases when application
is made through the county council's public assistance department.
The borough council have entered into an agreement with the county council under which
the latter have agreed to remove, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m., non.urgent Kensington
maternity cases to hospitals at the request of the borough medical officer of health and the former
have agreed to pay the cost.
SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES.
There is in Notting Dale a school treatment centre managed by a sub.committee of the
Princess Louise Hospital Board of Managment, and the work performed thereat during 1932
was as follows :—
New cases. Total attendances.
Eye cases 442 1,136
Aural cases 426 835
Minor ailment cases 1,668 19,806
Dental cases 1,141 2,022
A school treatment centre has also been established at the Baby Clinic premises in Tavistock
Road and the record of work for the year 1932 is as follows :—
New case Total attendances.
Minor ailment cases 3,581 25,334
Dental cases 1,598 2,878
In addition there is a school treatment centre at the Princess Louise Kensington Hospital
for Children and the particulars of the cases treated thereat during 1932 are as follows:—
Tonsils and adenoids 356
Eyes (new cases) 250
Dental cases : (gas, 178 ; fillings, 238) 416
X.ray cases 12