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Special Legislation in Force Locally.
Notification of Zymotic Enteritis.
The council resolved in 1924 to make zymotic enteritis or epidemic diarrhoea in infants up to
five years of age a notifiable infectious disease. The information thus obtained has made it possible
for the council's officers to take steps in regard to the prevention and treatment of this disease.
This disease is also notifiable in the metropolitan boroughs of Paddington, Fulham, Finsbury,
Poplar, Southwark, Deptford, Greenwich and Woolwich.
Notification of Acute Rheumatism.
The Kensington (Acute Rheumatism) Regulations, 1927, came into force on the 1st October
of that year and operated for a period of three years. In 1930 and again in 1933 the Minister of
Health renewed the regulations for a further period of three years.
This disease is also notifiable in the metropolitan boroughs of Paddington and Holborn, but the
Kensington borough council is the only one with a municipal clinic for the supervision of notified
cases.
By-law Prohibiting the Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs.
In 1921 the council made a by-law, which was sanctioned by the Home Office, prohibiting
the fouling of footpaths by dogs.
Following a deputation from the council to the Home Office in 1933, the Home Secretary
modified the by-law by increasing the penalty to £5.
Three officers in the public health department make observations under the by-law and
during the year summonses were issued rn respect of 10 breaches. Fines of 20s. in one case and
of 10s. in 9 were imposed. < ' •
The number of convictions under this by-law during the past 14 years is 118.
The Princess Beatrice Hospital.
The Princess Beatrice Hospital, formerly known as the Kensington, Fulham and Chelsea
General Hospital, was rebuilt during 1930-31, and was reopened early in 1932. The first section
now completed includes men's, women's and children's medical and surgical wards, a maternity
ward and a separate wing for private patients of moderate means, an X-ray and electro-therapeutic
department, a casualty department and various clinics.
The present accommodation is 81 beds. The scheme when completed will provide an
additional 57 beds, making a total of 138 beds, a nurses' home, a post-mortem and pathological
department, administration offices, etc.
The work performed at the hospital during 1935 was as follows:—
In-patients.
(a) General wards 1,463
(b) Private wards 271
Out-patients.
Total number of new out-patients 13,295
„ „ „ out-patients' attendances 60,590
Number of casualties 5,371
Other treatments.
Number of operations—major 1,056
minor 933—1,989
Dental cases 2,133
Massage 3,920
Light treatments 1.486
Superficial therapy 189
Actual patients X-rayd 2,971
Ante-natal clinic and maternity ward.
Total number of attendances 1,602
Number of patients admitted to maternity ward 298
The Princess Louise Kensington Hospital for Children.
This institution meets the medical and surgical needs of the children in North Kensington
and adjacent districts. In addition to a large out-patient department, there is an in-patient
department of 81 beds. The hospital is now a recognised training school for nurses.