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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 1945
[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.
| The Baby Clinic, 92, Tavistock Road. Pre-school children minor ailment treatments. | |
| Doctors' sessions held | 98 |
| Individual children attending doctors' sessions | 495 |
| Total attendances at doctors' sessions | 2293 |
| Average attendance at doctors' sessions | 23 |
| Attendances for circumcision operations | 103 |
| Sessions held for dressings only | 295 |
| Attendances at dressing sessions | 2968 |
| Sessions held for sunlight and massage treatment | 97 |
| Sunlight treatments given | 1195 |
| Massage treatments given | 623 |
| Total individual children attending clinic | 927 |
| Total attendances | 7561 |
Dental Treatment. The following table shows the dental treatment performed at 92, Tavistock Road during the year:-
| Dental Treatment. The following table shows the dental treatment performed at 92, Tavistock Road during the year:- | |
| Sessions held | 60 |
| Patients (new cases) | 187 |
| Total attendances (all cases) | 959 |
| Extractions | 764 |
| Fillings | 118 |
| Dentures | 44 |
| Other treatments | 519 |
Borough Council's Maternity Home.
There are five beds at Queen Charlotte's Hospital reserved for Borough Council patients. Details for 1945.
| There are five beds at Queen Charlotte's Hospital reserved for Borough Council patients. Details for 1945. | |
| Applications for admission | 127 |
| Applications accepted | 127 |
| Applications subsequently withdrawn | 15 |
| Women confined in the home | 114 |
The gross cost of the scheme to the Council during 1945
was £967 4s. 0d.
The assessments made in respect of patients whose
applications were accepted and not withdrawn during the year
amounted to £717 0s. 0d. Payments made by patients totalled
£764 0s. Od.
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 Committee, arranged with voluntary hospitals to provide
an additional 200 beds in the London Area.
The London County Council accepted financial responsibility
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 1st June, 1944, four additional maternity beds at
Queen Charlotte's Hospital have been reserved for the use of
Kensington patients,and during the year, 95 expectant mothers
were admitted to these beds for their confinements.