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Kensington 1934

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

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Table: Infant Welfare Centres. There are eight voluntary infant welfare centres and one branch centre in Kensington, and the work done at these institutions during 1934 is shown in the following table:—

Infant Welfare Centres. There are eight voluntary infant welfare centres and one branch centre in Kensington, and the work done at these institutions during 1934 is shown in the following table:—

Particulars of work done.Archer Street.Bramley Road.Campden Hill.Golborne.Kenley Street.Lancaster Road.Raymede.South Kensington.Sutton Trust.Totals.
1st Jan. to 30th Sept.
1. Number of births occurring in the area of the centre suitable for welfare attention6328369204172334298224751,722
2. Number of sessions at which doctor attended for infant consultations34152911485313415010254918
3. Number of sessions at which doctor attended for special ante-natal consultations165016242626313018237
4. Total number of individual mothers who attended during the year2835291924613488795503212003,763
5. Number of individual mothers who attended ante-natal sessions during the year341204148781031099366692
6. Total number of individual children who attended during the year—
1. Children 0 to 1 year1643641012342374543652101212,250
2. ,, 1 to 5 years1262091093521974814142062292,323
7. Total attendances at centre of mothers for all purposes (excluding the accompanying of children and for the purpose of buying dried milk or other article)6391,8439281,5881,7194,6883,0861,85396917,313
8. Total attendances at centre of children for all purposes—
1. Children 0 to 1 year1,5324,3941,0262,7542,0485,3624,2332,3741,21324,936
2. ,, 1 to 5 years9292,6471,1754,3242,0175,7604,2283,0491,83025,959
9. Total attendances at dinners (included in Nos. 7 and 8 above)—
1. Mothers———84—3,045———3,129
2. Children—————2,157———2,157
10. Total attendances at doctors' consultations—
1. Ante-natal mothers105573124134313359265384882,345
2. Post-natal mothers60218344451222582395332412,150
3. Children 0 to 1 year6782,7619071,5288402,6962,3311,44961513,805
4. ,, 1 to 5 years2571,3888791,7338001,4132,2281,32299711,017
11. Average attendances at doctors' consultations—
1. Ante-natal mothers711861214813510
2. Post-natal mothers21—3222542
3. Children 0 to 1 year20181010162016141115
4. ,, 1 to 5 years791012151115131812
12. Number of individual children weighed during the year2905732105864349357794163504,573
13. Total weighings2,2686,9452,1366,5764,0638,9448,2864,8352,88346,936
14. Number of first visits paid to—
1. Expectant mothers3257—80135107140—53604
2. Children 0 to 1 year——————————
15. Total number of home visits paid to—
1. Expectant mothers1201225511632910724198551,263
2. Children 0 to 1 year6837293284091,0618487438202565,877
3. „ 1 to 5 years6973954465541,1671,0197079744536,412