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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The Baby Clinic. 92. Tavistock Road. Pre-school children minor ailment treatments.
| Doctors' sessions held | 109 |
| Individual children attending doctors' sessions | 511 |
| Total attendances at doctors' sessions | 2,280 |
| Average attendance at doctors' sessions | 21 |
| Sessions held for dressings only | 298 |
| Attendances at dressing sessions | 3,396 |
| Sessions held for sunlight and massage treatment | 79 |
| Sunlight treatments given | 582 |
| Message treatments given | 506 |
| Total individual children attending clinic | 826 |
| Total attendances | 6,764 |
Dental Treatment. The following table shows the dental treatment performed at 92, Tavistock Road during the year:-
| No. of sessions | 65 |
| Patients (new cases) | 160 |
| Total attendances (all cases) | 813 |
| Extractions | 800 |
| Fillings | 76 |
| Dentures | 50 |
| Other treatments | 471 |
Borough Council's Maternity Home (at Queen Charlotte's Hospital).
| Applications for admission | 107 |
| Applications accepted | 107 |
| Applications subsequently withdrawn | 22 |
| Women confined in the Home | 90 |
The gross cost of the scheme to the Council during
1944 was £733. 17s. 0d.
The assessments made in respect of patients whose
applications were accepted and not withdrawn during the
year amounted to £571. 10s. 0d. Payments trade by
patients totalled £674. 0s. 0d.
Additional Maternity Accommodation.
Owing to the shortage of institutional maternity
accommodation in London, the London Maternity Services
Joint Committee in consultation with the Metropolitan
Boroughs' Standing Joint Comittee, arranged with voluntary
hospitals to provide an additional 200 beds in the
London area.
The London County Council accepted financial respossibility
for the scheme, although bookings are made
by the borough councils. No charges fall directly
on borough councils and the collection of contributions
from patients is undertaken by the voluntary hospitals.
From the 1st June, 1944, four maternity beds
at Queen Charlotte's Hospital were reserved for the use
of Kensington patients and by the end of the year, 51
expectant women were admitted for their confinements.