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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA.
I have again sub-divided the services into services rendered
by the Council, services rendered by the Hospital Boards,
services rendered by the County Council under Part III of the
National Health Service Act, 1946. and Voluntary Services.
1. Public Health services rendered by the Council.
The major work of the Health Department is carried out
at the offices in Elm Road, Sidcup, under the day to day
administration of the Chief Sanitary Inspector. The transfer
of the offices to Manor House which will shortly take place, is
a move which will result in a closer link with the main Council
Offices in Sidcup Place.
During the year 1,099 complaints which necessitated action
by the Inspectors were received at the offices and this extensive
work pays tribute to the trust that the public place in the work
of their Sanitary Inspectors. The major services of the Department
to which detailed reference is made under Sections C, D,
E, F, G and H, are as follows :—
Infectious Diseases (Prevention and Notification).
Inspection of Food and Food Premises.
Inspection and Examination of Water and Milk Supplies.
Inspection of Factories and Shops.
Housing.
Inspection of Nursing Homes.
Rodent Control.
Atmospheric Pollution.
Health Education.
Public Mortuary.
All matters covered by the general heading of Sanitary and
Environmental services.
In the Appendices III-VI is a summary of the work of the
Sanitary Inspectors.
2. Services rendered by the Hospital Boards.
There are three hospitals in Chislehurst and Sidcup: Queen
Mary's Hospital with 510 beds, Cray Valley Hospital with 31
beds, and Sidcup Cottage Hospital with 14 beds, giving a total
of 555 hospital beds available in the district. They form part
of the Sidcup and Swanley Hospital Group of the South East
London Region.
There are ten maternity beds in the Cray Valley Hospital.
In addition to these hospitals, six blocks of Grove Park
Hospital lie within the Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District.
One of these blocks is given over to Mass Radiography. In the