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Kensington 1943

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

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5
Provision of Insulin.
In pursuance of their powers under Section 227 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, the Council decided that
from the 1st April, 1943, insulin should be provided free of
cost to necessitous Kensington diabetics (not. otherwise eligible
for such provision under the National Health Insurance Acts
or the Education Acts.) During the year, six persons were
supplied with insulin, and the cost to the Council amounted
to £8. 16s. 9d.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Health Visiting Staff.

Table: The work performed by the health visiting staff during 1943 in regard to maternity and child welfare is summarised in the following table:-

The work performed by the health visiting staff during 1943 in regard to maternity and child welfare is summarised in the following table:-

First visits to infants (0 - 1 year)1,368
Re-visits to infants (0-1 year)7,533
Visits to children between 1 and 5 years10,407
Stillbirth enquiries29
Visits to ophthalmia neonatorum cases39
"Visits to measles cases1,805
Visits to whooping-cough cases264
Visits to puerperal fever cases15
Visits to puerperal pyrexia cases22
Visits to enteritis cases179
Infantile death enquiries49
Pre —natal visits3,489
Half-dayu at welfare centres2,176
0ther visits5,622

Table: The work at these institutions during 1943 is shown in the following table:-

The work at these institutions during 1943 is shown in the following table:-

Sessions at which doctor attended for prenatal consultations458
Individual mothers who attended pre-natal
sessions1,358
Attendances of pre-natal mothers7,586
Sessions at which doctor attended for infant
consultations463
Individual children who attended:- 0-1 year1,942
1— 5 years1,177
Attendances of children at doctors -consultations:-
0—1 year5,775
1 — 5 years3,364
Attendances at centres of children for all purposes:-
0—1 year16,217
1 — 5 years7,567

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Infant welfare centres and ante-natal clinics.
The Baby Clinic. 92. Tavistock Road.
Pre-school children minor ailment treatments.
Nine hundred and sixty children under five years
attended this institution, making 7,554 attendances. The
average number seen by the doctor was 23 per session. In
addition the nurse paid 1,024 home visits.