London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington and Chelsea 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
26
The educational supervisor of the Central Midwives Board visited the borough to see
the facilities provided for domiciliary training; a satisfactory report was received.
Training of Pupil Midwives
Six pupil midwives from the St. Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road completed their
domiciliary midwifery training with the Council's midwives with whom eight obstetric nurse
students from the St. Stephen's and St. Mary Abbots Hospitals made visits as part of their
obstetric course.
Midwives Act, 1951
The Council are the local supervisory authority for the purposes of the Midwives Act, 1951 and have a duty to inspect and supervise all midwives practising in the area.
| Notifications received from midwives of intention to practise | (90) | |
| Refresher courses attended by midwives in accordance with Section 9 of the Rules of the Central Midwives Board | 12 |
Home Nursing
District Nurses
This service is provided by the Kensington District Nursing Association for the
whole of the borough area, and the Council reimburse the Association to the extent of 93%
of net approved expenditure incurred in providing the service. The supervising staff consists
of the Superintendent (Miss E.M. Evans, S.R.N., S.C.M., M.T.D.) and one Assistant
Superintendent. Other home nursing staff employed at 31st December, 1971 were as
follows:—
State registered and state enrolled nurses 40.0
Total full-time equivalent 38.5
Students 7.0
The following is a summary of the service for the year:—
| 1. | Number of patients attended: | |||
| 0-4/37 | 5-64/575 | 65 +/1629 | Total all ages 2,241 (2,393) | |
| 2. | Number of new cases: | Medical | ||
| Surgical | ||||
| t | ||||