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Laboratory Service.
Routine medical specimens and food and drugs samples are
examined at Maidstone Laboratory.
Day Nurseries.
Until December, 1950, there were three day nurseries in the
Chislehurst and Sidcup area, situated at Days Lane, Sidcup; 67-69,
Sidcup Hill; and Kimmeridge Road, Mottingham, accommodating a
total of 180 children, but at the end of the year, the Kimmeridge
Road nursery closed down.
4. Services Rendered by Voluntary Associations.
Medical Loan Depots.
A full range of nursing requisites is available at the Medical Loan
Depots. Application for loan of such equipment for Chislehurst and
Sidcup inhabitants should be made to: —
The Manor House Hall, Sidcup Green Tues., 3—4 p.m.
Thurs., 7—8 p.m.
56, Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst Mon., 3—4 p.m.
Thurs., 6.30—8 p.m.
51, Framlington Crescent, Mottingham Wed., 6—7 p.m.
Chislehurst and Sidcup Tuberculosis Care Committee.
This Committee, which has been in existence since 1938, is very
active in its functions and is doing very useful work in helping people
suffering from tuberculosis. In addition to their interest in the care
of persons suffering from this disease, and their families, they also take
a keen interest in the prevention of the disease. The main functions
of this Committee are to provide financial and clothing assistance,
where necessary, and diversional therapy and social visiting.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The objects of the Brigade are to afford holders of first aid certificates
from the St. John Ambulance Association opportunities of
meeting together for ambulance and nursing practice, with the object
of combining individual efforts for the public advantage ; to render
first aid to the sick and injured on public occasions, with the sanction
of the police and other authorities, and to maintain in readiness for
such duty a body of trained men and women.
Old People's Clubs.
There are eleven Old People's Clubs in Chislehurst and Sidcup,
details of which will be found in the abstract from the report of the
Old People's Welfare Committee. These clubs do much to dispel
the boredom and loneliness which might otherwise hasten the
deterioration of the mental and physical health of elderly people.
They have proved their value in giving old people opportunities to
meet their own contemporaries at a place where they can be sure of a