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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
Bromley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The following details are given of the swabs, specimens, etc., sent for examination and report during the year:—
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
This is situated in South Street, at the rear of the Fire
Station. Twenty-three bodies were taken to the mortuary during
the year, eighteen of which were received from hospitals.
Inquests were held in seven cases. No provision is made for
refrigeration storage of bodies kept for post mortem.
MEDICAL LOAN DEPOTS.
A full range of nursing requisites is available from the
undermentioned depots which are run by the British Red Cross
Society.
Application for loan of such equipment for Bromley
residents should be made to either of the following depots:—
34a, Market Square, Bromley.
4, East Street, Bromley.
WOMEN'S WELFARE CLINIC.
This clinic is held on the second Thursday afternoon of each
month, at the North Clinic, Station Road. Patients attending
this clinic are referred on medical grounds only, and are seen
by appointment. Most of this service has now been transferred
to the Maternity units attached to the hospitals.
DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE.
Demands for this service are still very high, especially for
cases of illness in the home and for old people.
Applications for this service should be made to the Area
Supervisor at the Municipal Offices, Bromley.
The following is a summary of the cases assisted in the
Bromley area during the year 1952:—