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CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
Total attendance
Situation. Sessions held. during 1945
Chislehurst, Every Thursday. 3,845
The Willows. Tuesday for test feeds and weighing.
Foots Cray, First, third and fifth Tuesday. 1,447
Baptist Hall, Sidcup Hill.
Mottingham, Every Monday and Wednesday. 3,616
St. Edward's Hall.
Sidcup (Days Lane), Every Tuesday, Wednesday and 9,303
Baptist Church Hall. Friday.
Sidcup, Every Monday and Wednesday. 4,355
Congregational Hall.
DOMESTIC HOME HELP SERVICE.
The powers of administration of the Emergency Home
Help Service to provide assistance in homes where persons
are aged or infirm were delegated to this Council by the
Kent County Council, and the Scheme was inaugurated on
the 1st October, 1945.
One part-time Supervisor attached to the Public Health
Department is in charge of the administration of the
Scheme, and at the end of the year there were six part-time
Home Helps on the register.
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
There is one small swimming bath which is open to the
public.
Four samples of the water were examined by the County
Analyst, taken during the months of July and August, and
were found to be satisfactory.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
The number of houses found to be infested and dealt with
during the year was:—
Council houses 7
Other houses 13
In all cases the houses were sprayed with lethane content
insecticide.
NURSING FACILITIES.
The nursing facilities for the District are provided by the
local Nursing Association.
NURSING AND MATERNITY HOMES.
The powers under the Public Health Act, 1936, have been
delegated by the County Council to the District Council.
There are seven registered premises within the District,
which provide 24 beds for maternity cases and 14 for other
cases.