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Chislehurst 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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Ambulance Facilities.
There is an ambulance depot at the Council Offices, Main
Road, Sidcup, where there are seven ambulances and three
sitting-case cars. Sitting-case cars are provided for out-patients
on medical certification.
Laboratory Service.
The Kent County Council provide a Laboratory service for
the whole of the County through their Laboratory at Maidstone.
Details of Food and Drugs samples and other specimens, etc.,
which were sent during the year 1952. appear later in this report.
Venereal Diseases.
Patients are referred either to the London Hospitals or one
of the established centres in the County. No centre is provided
within the Urban District for the treatment of these diseases.
4. Services rendered by Voluntary Associations.
Medical Loan Depots.
Applications for loan of such equipment for Chislehurst and Sidcup inhabitants should be made to :—
| The Manor House Hall, Sidcup Green | Tuesdays 3—4 p.m. Thursdays 7—8 p.m. |
| 56, Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst | Mondays 3—4 p.m. Thursdays 6.30—8 p.m. |
| 51, Framlingham Crescent, Mottingham | Wednesdays 6—7 p.m. |
Chislehurst and Sidcup Tuberculosis Care Committee.
This is a voluntary Committee which has been in existence
since 1938, is very active in its functions and is doing very useful
work in helping people suffering from tuberculosis and their
families. The main functions of this Committee are to provide
financial and clothing assistance where necessary, and diversional
therapy and social visiting. During the past year 114 families
came under the supervision of the Committee, 10 of them being
new cases.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The objects of the Brigade are to afford holders of first-aid
certificates from the St. John Ambulance Association opportunities
of meeting together for ambulance and nursing practice,
with the object of combining individual efforts for the public
advantage ; to render first-aid to the sick and injured on public
occasions, with the sanction of the police and other authorities,