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Kensington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The Princess Beatrice Hospital-
The present accommodation is 85 beds- The hospital when completed will provide an
additional 50 beds, making a total of 135 beds, a nurses home, a post-mortem and pathological
department, administration offices, etc-
The work performed at the hospital during 1938 was as follows :—
| In-patients. | |
|---|---|
| 1,286 | |
| 296 | |
| Total number of new out-patients | 11,414 |
| „ „ „ out-patients' attendances | 61,034 |
| Number of casualties | 4,900 |
| Number of operations—major | 968 |
| minor | 672—1,640 |
| Dental cases | 2,390 |
| Massage | 3,134 |
| Light treatments | 1,371 |
| Superficial therapy | 1,045 |
| Patients X-rayed | 2,800 |
| Total number of attendances | 1,368 |
| Number of patients admitted to maternity ward | 271 |
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 75 beds- The hospital is a recognised training school for nurses.
There are X-ray, dental, ophthalmic, orthopaedic and massage departments and a fully equipped
operating theatre.
The beds are allocated as follows :—
| General medical | 35 | Skin | 1 |
| General surgical | 19 | Observation ward | 4 |
| Ear, nose and throat | 8 | Private ward | 2 |
| Rheumatism | 4 | Nursing mothers' ward | 1 |
| Eye | 1 | ||
| Total | 75 | ||
| The following are figures of work done during 1938. | |||
(a) In-patients.
| Total number of available beds on 31st December, 1938 | 75 |
| Average number of available beds during year | 70.81 |
| „ „ ,, patients resident daily throughout year | 55.71 |
| Number of in-patients in the hospital at beginning of year | 54 |
| „ ,, „ admitted during year | 1,558 |
| „ „ „ in the hospital at end of year | 37 |
| Total number of in-patients | 1,466 |
| Average number of days each patient was resident | 12.90 |
| Number of patients admitted and discharged during year who | |
| were resident for (i) only 1 day | 28 |
| (ii) 2 and 3 days | 583 |
(b) Out-patients.
| Total number of new out-patients | 7,027 |
| Total number of out-patients' attendances | 39,104 |
| Number of casualty patients among new out-patients | 1,854 |
Rheumatism Supervisory Centre.
| The record of work carried out at the centre during 1938 is as follows:— | |
|---|---|
| Number of sessions held | 49 |
| Number of individual patients examined — | |
| Kensington | 289 |
| Hammersmith | 39 |
| Acton | 28 |
| Other boroughs | 20 |