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MASSAGE AND ELECTRICAL TREATMENT CENTRE.
Massage and electrical treatment is undertaken at the Princess Louise Kensington Hospital
for Children, and the following is a record of the work conducted thereat during 1933:—
New cases—
Under 5 years of age
47
Over 5 years of age
128
175
Discharged—
Under 5 years of age
43
Over 5 years of age
109
152
Transferred to other hospitals because over age
8
Total cases treated
262
Total treatments given
5,415
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 centres.
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 102. Six hundred and
sixty-four women attended and of this number 590 were Kensington women.
KENSINGTON MATERNITY HOME.
The borough council maternity home is conducted by the Queen Charlotte's Hospital
authorities at 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 purposes 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 antenatal
clinic which is held at Invermead on Mondays at 2 p.m.
Statement of work done during last five years.
1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
1933.
No. of applications for admission
177
164
160
161
173
No. of applications accepted
162
158
156
160
173
No. of applications withdrawn after acceptance
17
14
26
26
22
No. of women confined during the year
141
142
130
128
136
The gross cost of the scheme to the council during 1933 was £1,149 15s. 0d.
The assessments made in respect of patients whose applications were accepted and not withdrawn
during the year amounted to £504 10s. 0d. Payments made by patients totalled £495 9s. 6d.
GYNAECOLOGICAL CLINIC.
This clinic was established by the North Kensington Women's Welfare Centre at No. 12
Telford Road, in January, 1933. A record of the work done during the year is as follows:—
Individual patients examined 179
Kensington patients 64
Total attendances 349
Attendances of Kensington patients 144
DAY NURSERIES.
There are four day nurseries in the borough, namely:—
The Golborne Day Nursery.
The Lancaster Road Day Nursery.
The Notting Hill Day Nursery.
The St. Clement's Day Nursery.