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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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(1) Raymede Centre, 240, Ladbroke Grove, W. 10.
(2) Lancaster Road Centre, 63, Lanoaster Road, W.11.
(3) Bramley Centre, Bramley House Plats, W.10.
(4) Campden Hill Centre, 9, Holland Street, W.8.
(5) South Kensington Centre, 10, Redcliffe Street, S.W.10.
The Council's proposal to open a new Maternity and Child
Welfare Centre (including an Infant Welfare Centre and Day Nursery)
in South Kensington proceeded with difficulty. Eventually
premises were acquired and plans were in the course of preparation
by the end of the year. Owing to the changes under the
National Health Service Act, 1946, it wa6 impossible for the
Council to complete the scheme, and the project has now been
transferred to the London County Council for completion.
Health Visiting Staff.
The work performed by the health visiting staff during 1947 in regard to maternity and child welfare is summarised in the following table:–
| First visits to infants (0-1 year) | 2,546 |
| Revisits to children (0-1 year) | 6,855 |
| Visits to children between 1 and 5 year | 8,826 |
| Stillbirth enquiries | 46 |
| visits to ophthalmia neonatorum | 22 |
| Visits to measles cases | 1,751 |
| Visits to Whooping cough cases | 449 |
| Visits to puerperal fever cases | 3 |
| Visits to enteritis cases | 9 |
| Visits to enteritis cases | 169 |
| Infantal death enquries | 134 |
| Ante—natal visits | 2,626 |
| Half-days at welfare centres | 2,972 |
| Visits to foster mothers | 569 |
| Visits to registered daily guardians | 80 |
| Others visits | 3,263 |
Ante-natal Clinics and Infant Welfare Centres.
The work at these institutions during 1947 is shown in the following table:-
| Sessions at which doctors attended for antenatal consultations | 893 |
| Individual mothers who attended ante-natal consultations | 2,886 |
| Attendances of ante-natal mothers | 13,049 |
| Sessions at which doctors attended for post- natal consultations | 51 |
| Individual mothers attended post-natal consultations | 297 |
| Sessions at which doctors attended for infant consultations | 747 |
| Individual children who attended for the first time:- 0-1 year | 2,192 |
| 1-5 years | 305 |
| Attendances of children at doctors' consultations:- 0-1 year | 8,901 |
| 1-5 years | 3,915 |
| Attendances at centres of children for all purposes:- 0-1 year | 26,818 |
| 1-5 years | 6,614 |