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Kensington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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HEALTH PROPAGANDA
The borough council did not hold a health week during the year, but health propaganda work
was conducted by the council's health lecturer at the infant welfare centres and Baby Clinic.
Lectures have also been given at Harrow Mission, St. Mary Abbots Girls' Club and the London
county council schools. The report of the health lecturer's work appears on page 32.
A special feature of the health lecturer's activities during the year has been instruction in the
disposal of house refuse. Talks were given on this subject at the elementary schools and all the
infant welfare institutions.
SUBSCRIPTIONS BY THE BOROUGH COUNCIL TO VOLUNTARY HEALTH ORGANISATIONS DURING 1932.
Subscriptions to Hospitals, etc.
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Hospital | 5 | 5 | 0 | Paddington Green Children's Hospital | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Chelsea Hospital for Women | 5 | 0 | |||||
| St. Mary's Hospital | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Kensington District Nursing Association | 5 | 0 | |||||
| West London Hospital | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Western Ophthalmic Hospital | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Princess Beatrice Hospital | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Princess Louise Hospital (Rheumatism Supervisory Centre) | 300 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kensal Gospel and Medical Mission | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Charity Organization Society | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart | 5 | 5 | 0 | Invalid Children's Aid Association | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| Payments to Maternity and Child Welfare Institutions | |||||||
| s. | d. | s | d | ||||
| Archer Street Infant Welfare Centre | 404 | 5 | 0 | Baby Clinic | 706 | 0 | 0 |
| Baby Hospital | 1,467 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bramley Road Infant Welfare Centre | 400 | 15 | 0 | Queen Charlotte's Hospital Ante natal Clinic | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Campden Hill Infant Welfare Centre | 255 | 0 | 0 | Princess Louise Hospital | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| Kensington District Nursing Association | 300 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Golborne Infant Welfare Centre | 714 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Kenley Street Infant Welfare Centre | 420 | 17 | 0 | Evelyn Convalescent Home | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Hambledon Convalescent Home | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Lancaster Road Infant Welfare Centre | 534 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| St. Mary's Convalescent Home | 52 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Raymede and Sutton Trust Infant Welfare Centres | 611 | 19 | 0 | Wayside Cottage Convalescent Home | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Mutual Registration of Assistance Society | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| South Kensington Infant Welfare Centre | 430 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Association of Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Golborne Day Nursery | 208 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lancaster Road Day Nursery | 323 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Queen Charlotte's Hospital (Maternity Home) | 1,152 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| St. Clement's Day Nursery | 291 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Notting Hill Day Nursery | 429 | 0 | 0 | ||||
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
REFUSE COLLECTION.
The work of conversion of horse-drawn vans from high-loading to low-loading bodies has
continued, and there is now a large proportion of the council's vehicles fitted with low rear-loading
bodies. The advantages of the new type of body are that the work of collection is facilitated, the
refuse is practically out of sight in the vehicle, and the nuisance caused by dust, etc., from loading
is reduced to a minimum.
The daily collection in traffic-congested streets has been increased from eight to fourteen
thoroughfares, and the collections in these are carried out before 9 a.m. The daily early morning
collection also operates in a number of other streets and blocks of flats. The council continue to
collect refuse in the remainder of the borough not less frequently than twice weekly.
Twenty-two per cent. of the Kensington refuse is barged away from Kensal Wharf to Yeading
and Harefield, Middlesex ; 34 per cent, is disposed of in the refuse destructor installation at the Wood
Lane Depot; and 44 per cent. is barged away from the Chelsea Wharf to a dump beyond Tilbury,
Essex.
The adoption of the council's standard type of dustbin continues to increase and, during 1932,
903 dustbins were sold to householders. The storage of refuse in 1,203 dustholes or other unsatisfactory
receptacles has been discontinued, and portable dustbins have been substituted. The number
of large portable containers supplied to premises where large amounts of refuse accumulate has been
increased to 50.