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Kensington 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT TREATMENT.
(The Baby Clinic and Hospital.)
Artificial sunlight treatment is administered at the Baby Clinic and Hospital. During the
past year, 5,206 treatments were given and the average weekly attendance was 100; 321 children
were treated.
MASSAGE AND ELECTRICAL TREATMENT CENTRE.
Massage and electrical treatment is undertaken at rhe Princess Louise Kensington Hospital for Children, and the following is a record of the work conducted thereat during the year 1932 : —
| New cases— | |
| Under 5 years of age | 63 |
| Over 5 years of age | 133 |
| 196 | |
| Discharged— | |
| Under 5 years of age | 36 |
| Over 5 years of age | 128 |
| 164 | |
| Transferred to other hospitals because over age | 12 |
| Total cases treated | 246 |
| Total treatments given | 4,815 |
The borough council make an annual grant to the authorities of the hospital for this
treatment.
Massage treatment for children is also provided at the Campden Hill and South Kensington
infant welfare centre.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S HOSPITAL ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.
Two ante-natal sessions are held weekly at the Queen Charlotte's Hospital ante-natal clinic
at No. 240, Ladbroke Grove. The total number of sessions held was 104. Eight hundred and
eleven women attended and of this number 611 were Kensington women.
KENSINGTON MATERNITY HOME.
On the 1st October, 1931, the borough council maternity home was transferred from St. Mary
Abbots Hospital to Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Marylebone Road. The home at the latter
institution consisted of two wards with five beds in each, and the rules for the conduct of the
home were identical with those which were in operation when the council maintained the home at
St. Mary Abbots Hospital.
On the 1st October, 1932, the Queen Charlotte's Hospital authorities, with the approval of
the borough council, transferred the maternity home to " Invermead," No. 341, Goldhawk Road,
Shepherd's Bush. " Invermead," which is an auxiliary hospital of Queen Charlotte's, is a large
house situated in pleasant grounds and is well adapted for the purpose of a maternity home. There
are twenty beds, ten of which are used by Hammersmith borough council patients and ten by
Kensington borough council patients. Arrangements have been made for women to be admitted
to the home to attend a special ante-natal clinic which is held at " Invermead " on Mondays at
2 p.m.
| 1928 | 1929. | 1930. | 1931, | 1932. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of applications for admission | 185 | 177 | 164 | 160 | 161 |
| No. of applications accepted | 170 | 162 | 158 | 156 | 160 |
| No. of applications withdrawn after acceptance | 14 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 26 |
| No of women confined during the year | 143 | 141 | 142 | 130 | 128 |
The gross cost of the scheme to the council during 1932 was .£1,146 12s. Od.
The assessments made in respect of patients whose applications were accepted and not withdrawn
during the year amounted to £495 lis. Od. Payments made by patients totalled £496 8s. Od.