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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
Bexley 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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The opportunity is taken here, for purposes of record, of setting out the annual admissions, etc., from the dale of opening to closing of the old Home.
| Year. | Cases Admitted. | Infant Deaths. | Maternal Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| 1922 | 79 | 6 | 1 |
| 1923 | 69 | 3 | |
| 1924 | 52 | 0 | |
| 1925 | 65 | 2 | |
| 1920 | 97 | 2 | |
| 1927 | 113 | 2 | |
| 1928 | 123 | 3 | 1 |
| 1929 | 125 | 3 | |
| 1930 | 158 | 2 | |
| 1931 | 155 | 3 | |
| 1932 | 153 | 5 | |
| 1933 | 160 | 4 | |
| 1934 | 152 | 3 | |
| 1935 | 185 | 4 | |
| 1936 | 163 | 4 | 1 |
| 1937 | 63 | 0 | |
| Total | 1974 | 47 | 5 |
The accommodation consisted of three two-bedded
wards, labour ward, office used as dining room, ante-natal
room, kitchen, .scullery, Matron's bedroom and sitting
room, tfwo bedrooms for nurses, and one bedroom for tw>>
maids. The house was not built for the purpose, and
after its many years of useful work, had proved to be too
small and unsuited for its purpose. Since closing, two
upper floors have been let off as a maisonette, and the
ground floor accommodation reserved for purposes in connection
with the expansion of the Welfare Services.
New Home.
This was officially opened on the 22nd May, 1937, by
Councillor Mrs. Whomack, a member of the Health Committee,
and the first patient received on the 24th May,
1937. The cost of the building was approximately
£31,000 and of furniture and equipment £2,350.
There is accommodation for twenty-four patients
and an isolation block of two beds.
The site is approximately five acres in area, and is
bounded on the northern and eastern sides by Bursted
Wood, one of t'he Council's open spaces at the northeastern
corner of the district. It has an altitude of
28