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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.
The following are the records for 1934 :—
Number of sessions at which doctors attended for infant consultations 151
Number of sessions at which doctors attended for special ante-natal and
post-natal consultations 48
Total number of individual mothers who attended 206
Total number of individual children who attended (old) 294
(new) 627
Total attendances of mothers for all purposes (excluding the accompanying
of children) 1,469
Total attendances of children for all purposes {0-1year 2,174
{1-5 years 1,210
Number seen by doctor at consultations:—
1. Ante-natal mothers 116
2. Post-natal mothers 549
3. Children 4,673
Average number seen by doctor at consultations :—
1. Ante-natal mothers 2
2. Post-natal mothers 11
3. Children 31
Number of individual children weighed 921
Total weighings 4,673
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.
The following is the record for 1934 :—
Number of infants in residence at commencement of the year 25
Number of admissions during the year 262
Number of discharges during the year 243
Number of deaths during the year 23
Number in residence at end of the year 21
Average duration of stay in hospital 31 days.
Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
(The Baby Clinic and Hospital.)
Artificial sunlight treatment is administered at the Baby Clinic and Hospital. During the
year 4,357 treatments were given and the average weekly attendance was 88 ; 222 children were
treated.