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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA
(a) Provided by Public Authorities.
1. Fever Hospitals. The West Kent Joint Hospital Board provides
Fever Hospital accommodation for Beckenham and a
number of other districts.
2. Maternity Hospital. The Beckenham Borough Council and
the Penge Urban District Council maintain a Joint Hospital
at Stone Park Avenue, Beckenham.
3. General Hospital. The County Council provide General
Hospitals at Farnborough and at Orpington for acute cases
and the chronic sick. The Hospital at Farnborough includes
a Maternity Block with 50 beds.
4. Tuberculosis. The Kent County Council are responsible for
the provision of Sanatoria and Hospitals for Tubercular
patients, and for the provision of Chest Clinics for diagnosis
and treatment. The Chest Clinic for Beckenham and Penge
is at 1, Westbury Road, Penge, and for Wickham at 2, Park
Road, Bromley.
5. Day Nurseries. To meet war-time developments the Council
opened two Nurseries, with places for 85 children in all.
Details appear later in the Report.
(b) Local Clinic Services Provided by the Local Authorities.
The table on page 12 shows the Centres and Clinics in
operation at the end of December, 1947.
(c) Local Services Provided by Voluntary Organisations.
1. Beckenham Hospital. This Voluntary Hospital has accommodation
for 78 patients. It is the General Hospital for the
district for the treatment of acute medical and surgical cases
and is supported by voluntary contributions and charges made
to patients.
The Hospital provides Consultant's Out-Patient Clinics
at which patients can leceive the advice of a specialist by
appointments which must be made through the patients' own
doctors.
2. The South-Eastern Hospital for Children. This is situated just
outside the Borough, but takes a great many cases from the
northern part of the area.
3. Heart ease Hospital, Woodland Way, West Wickham. This is
provided by the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
(d) Homeless Children.
There are several voluntary institutions in the district
which provide excellent care for orphans and homeless children.
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