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Kensington 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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under voluntary committees. The council's medical officers conduct both ante-natal and infant
consultation sessions at all the infant welfare institutions.
The work done at these institutions during 1937 is shown in the following table:—
| Particulars of work done. | Bramley Road. | Campden Hill. | Dalgarno. (municipal). | Golborne. | Kenley Street, (municipal). | Lancaster Road. | Raymede. (municipal). | South Kensington. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births occurring in the area of the centre suitable for welfare attention | 258 | 85 | 126 | 113 | 190 | 390 | 310 | 222 | 1,694 |
| Sessions at which doctor attended for infant consultations | 165 | 48 | 91 | 97 | 130 | 185 | 147 | 150 | 1,013 |
| Sessions at which doctor attended for special ante-natal consultations | 53 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 50 | 97 | 79 | 50 | 437 |
| Individual mothers who attended during the year | 776 | 81 | 258 | 447 | 447 | 1,006 | 541 | 237 | 3,793 |
| Individual mothers who attended ante-natal sessions during the year | 233 | 75 | 140 | 107 | 151 | 230 | 225 | 99 | 1,260 |
| Individual children who attended during the year— | |||||||||
| Children 0 to 1 year | 426 | 93 | 209 | 203 | 264 | 582 | 456 | 241 | 2,474 |
| „ 1 to 5 years | 383 | 58 | 274 | 208 | 243 | 559 | 494 | 292 | 2,511 |
| Attendances at centre of mothers for all purposes (excluding the accompanying of children and for the purpose of buying dried milk or other article) | 1,912 | 736 | 1,050 | 995 | 2,400 | 5,757 | 2,969 | 1,171 | 16,990 |
| Attendances at centre of children for all purposes— | |||||||||
| Children 0 to 1 year | 4,643 | 1,007 | 2,235 | 2,683 | 2,579 | 5,561 | 4,334 | 151 | 23,193 |
| „ 1 to 5 years | 3,071 | 763 | 1,808 | 2,525 | 2,559 | 5,591 | 2,917 | 57 | 19,291 |
| Attendances at dinners— | |||||||||
| Mothers | — | — | — | — | — | 3,059 | — | — | 3,059 |
| Children | — | — | — | — | — | 834 | — | — | 834 |
| Attendances at doctors' consultations— | |||||||||
| Ante-natal mothers | 995 | 356 | 637 | 404 | 770 | 1,291 | 864 | 533 | 5,850 |
| Post-natal mothers | — | 23 | 25 | 76 | 10 | 5* | 3* | 76 | 218 |
| Children 0 to 1 year | 2,361 | 584 | 930 | 1,375 | 1,432 | 2,937 | 1,802 | 1,866 | 13,287 |
| „ 1 to 5 years | 1,504 | 399 | 799 | 1,117 | 999 | 2,488 | 1,362 | 1,559 | 10,227 |
| Average attendances at doctors' consultations— | |||||||||
| Ante-natal mothers | 18 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | — |
| Post-natal mothers | — | .5 | .5 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Children 0 to 1 year | 15 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | — |
| „ 1 to 5 years | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | — |
| Individual children weighed during the year | 808 | 156 | 483 | 411 | 503 | 1,141 | 949 | 376 | 4,827 |
| Weighings | 7,615 | 1,759 | 4,054 | 4,950 | 5,079 | 9,776 | 7,242 | 5,448 | 45,923 |
| First visits paid to— Expectant mothers | - | - | 147 | 14 | 24 | 297 | 47 | - | 529 |
| Children 0 to 1 year | 12 | — | 132 | — | — | 198 | — | — | 342 |
| Home visits paid to— Expectant mothers | 368 | - | - | 106 | 81 | 854 | 154 | 236 | 1,799 |
| Children 0 to 1 year | 1,240 | — | — | 510 | 165 | 1,860 | 293 | 829 | 4,897 |
| „ 1 to 5 years | 1,403 | - | - | 412 | 269 | 1,925 | 347 | 1,185 | 5,541 |
* Post-natal mothers from these centres are now seen at the post-natal clinic at No. 28b,
Archer Street.
The home visits paid in connection with municipal centres are included in the table of work
of the health officers. Those shown in the above table under municipal centres are visits paid by
the staff of voluntary committees before the borough council took over the institutions.