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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Kensington 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: table showing the dental treatment performed at the centres in 1933.

table showing the dental treatment performed at the centres in 1933.

Centre.No. of patients.No. of attendancesExtractions.Fillings.Dentures.Other treatments.
Archer Street9526785281331
Bramley Road316722143
Campden Hill213924—11
Golborne12129—_3
Kenley Street73156641755
Lancaster Road1433561316117109
Raymede and Sutton Trust2965232412115181
South Kensington7713718812954
Totals7481,55776412466437

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THE BABY CLINIC, No. 92, TAVISTOCK ROAD.
The Baby Clinic acts both as a treatment centre and as an infant welfare centre, but it is not an
infant welfare centre in the same sense as the other nine ; nevertheless, much valuable work is
performed.

Table: The following are the records for the year ending the 31st December, 1933:—

The following are the records for the year ending the 31st December, 1933:—

Number of sessions at which doctors attended for infant consultations151
Number of sessions at which doctors attended for special ante-natal and post-natal consultations48
Total number of individual mothers who attended218
Total number of individual children who attended (old)322
(new)575
Total attendances of mothers for all purposes (excluding the accompanying of children)845
Total attendances of children for all purposes0-1 year1,925
1-5 years12,576
Number seen by doctor at consultations:—
1. Ante-natal mothers240
2. Post-natal mothers576
3. Children5,285
Average number seen by doctor at consultations:—
1. Ante-natal mothers5
2. Post-natal mothers12
3. Children35
Number of individual children weighed897
Total weighings5,285

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Collective instruction by lectures is undertaken at Tavistock Road by the council's health
lecturer, but there is little home visiting.
Under an arrangement with the county council, certain minor defects and ailments discovered
in children at the school medical examinations are treated at this clinic, and much useful work in
this direction is being carried out.
THE BABY IN-PATIENT HOSPITAL, No. 1, LADBROKE SQUARE.
This institution acts as the in-patient department of the Baby Clinic. The wards are capable
of accommodating 34 beds. Four beds are reserved for children recommended by the Kensington
infant welfare centres, but all the beds except four, which are occupied by Paddington patients, are
available for children belonging to the borough.

Table: The following is the record for the year 1933:—

The following is the record for the year 1933:—

Number of infants in residence at commencement of the year19
Number of admissions during the year286
Number of discharges during the year256
Number of deaths during the year24
Number in residence at end of the year25
Average duration of stay in hospital31 days.

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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
year 4,368 treatments were given and the average weekly attendance was 84 ; 264 children were
treated.