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The average attendance of members at Clubs is as follows:—
The Blackfen O.A.P 170
The Blackfen W.V.S. Club 160
The Cosy Club 80
The Friendly Club 40
The Good Companions Club 100
The Home from Home Club 45
The Jolly Rogers Club (Davenport Road) 40
The Jolly Rogers Club (Wren Road) 60
The Merry and Bright Club 50
The Mottingham W.V.S. Club 30
The Rest a While Club 50
The Rodney Club (L.C.C. Estate) (Open daily) 100
The Sunshine Club 45
The total average attendance is approximately 970."
British Bed Cross Society.
The Chislehurst and Sidcup division of the British Red Cross
Society has detachments at Chislehurst, Sidcup (2), Mottingham,
and also at Petts Wood and Orpington (serving the St. Paul's
Cray L.C.C. Estate), with cadet units and associate groups. The
Divisional Office is at Hornbrook House, High Street, Chislehurst.
The objects of this Society are the care of the sick and
wounded in peace and war, the improvement of health, the
prevention of disease and the mitigation of suffering.
In addition to first aid duties and regular auxiliary nursing
in the hospitals of the neighbourhood, the men and women of the
Society's detachments are engaged in a number of local welfare
activities which include the Hospital Library Service, diversional
therapy for the home-bound, home visiting of the sick, hospital
needlework and hop-field dispensaries.
A first aid hut is open at Ruxley Corner, Footscray, on
Sundays and public holidays during the summer, and four depots
are operated at all times for the loan of invalid and sick room
equipment. Personnel assist in staffing at local clinics and at
the periodical blood transfusion sessions.
The division is responsible for the recruitment and initial
instruction of untrained volunteers for the National Hospital
Service Reserve, and undertake the basic first aid training of
volunteers for the Civil Defence Corps.
Membership of the adult detachments is open to men and
women between the ages of sixteen and sixty-five.