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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
WITHIN THE AREA.
HOSPITALS.
The Council's Isolation Hospital, situated in Long
Lane, Bexleyheath, has again proved a valuable asset.
It consists of three buildings known as follows:—
Upper Hospital and Pavilion, which are used for the
treatment of Scarlet Fever Patients, and Lower
Hospital, used for Diphtheria Patients.
These buildings have been in use for a considerable
number of years, but with the rapidly growing population
it may be found necessary in a few years to provide other
or additional accommodation.
I shall again refer to the work carried out at this
Hospital in my remarks on the Prevalence and Control
of Infectious Disease.
The Maternity Home, situated in the Broadway,
Bexleyheath, is also the property of the Council. It
has been open during the whole of the year under the
charge of Dr. C. Kinsley Carroll.
The accommodation is as follows:—Three Wards,
each containing two beds, Labour Ward, and Isolation
Ward. In addition to this, there are, of course, the
necessary staff quarters.
Sixty-six cases were dealt with during the year.
Tuberculosis. The Kent County Council are the
Tuberculosis Authority and patients suffering from this
disease are treated by that body, who provide Hospital
Accommodation where they consider the same desirable.
The Cottage Hospital, situated in Upton Road,
Bexleyheath, is supported entirely by Voluntary
Subscriptions.
As stated in my previous reports, the area is so
close to London that the facilities offered in the Hospitals
there are freely taken advantage of by Local Residents.
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