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Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
At Overy Street, Dartford and Bexley Road, Erith..
Venereal Disease Clinics.
At the County Hospital, West Hill, Dartford.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME.
Home nursing is provided for by three Nursing Associations
in the area, namely :—
Bexleyheath Services of two whole time Nurses.
Bexley Services of one whole time Nurse.
Welling District .. Services of three whole time Nurses.
These are very useful services to the district, and the
untiring manner in which the Committees and helpers of the
Associations carried out their arduous duties in this connection
during the year is greatly appreciated.
The nurses are again to be complimented on the work
that they have done in the homes of the patients.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
Pathological and bacteriological work for the area is
carried out by the Kent County Council at the Public Health
Department, County Hall, Maidstone. A small laboratory,
chiefly for the examination of nose and throat swabs will be
established as soon as the necessary equipment is available
and should greatly facilitate the early diagnosis of nasal and
faucial diphtheria.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
(i) Midwifery and Maternity Services.
(a) Ante-natal Care. 922 expectant mothers attended
Corporation Ante-natal Clinics which equals a 54.7 percentage
of notified births as compared with 60.8 per cent. for
1945 ; 565 other expectant mothers received ante-natal care
at clinics attached to hospitals to which they were admitted
for confinement; 95 women received ante-natal care from
their own doctors prior to admission to Corporation Maternity
Home, giving a total of 93.4 per cent. as compared with
97.0 per cent. in 1945 who received ante-natal care.
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