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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE BOROUGH.
Isolation Hospital Accommodation.
Patients suffering from infectious disease are admitted
to hospitals controlled by the Woolwich and Dartford
Hospital Management Committees (S.E. Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board).
General Hospitals.
Provision made by S.E. Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
The provision of these facilities now rests with the Kent
County Council as Local Health Authority.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
Action taken under Section 47.
During the year a number of cases of elderly persons
not receiving proper care and attention (reported to the
department) were visited. It was necessary in one case for
action to be taken under the Act.
Action taken under Section 50.
It was necessary to arrange one burial under this Section
during the year.
PUBLIC MORTUARY.
In 1951 the public mortuary was enlarged and
equipped with refrigeration for six bodies. The total work
was completed in February, 1952. The mortuary is also
used by Erith and Crayford Authorities by arrangement with
the Bexley Borough Council.
Owing to the non-availability of technical assistance for
the pathologists it was decided by H.M. Coroner to direct
bodies early in April to the West Hill Hospital.
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