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SERVICES RENDERED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
British Red Cross Society.
There are six Detachments in the Chislehurst and Sidcup
Division operating wholly or partially in the Urban District. The
Divisional Office is situated at Hornbrook House, High Street,
Chislehurst.
The Society is best known for the first aid duties and auxiliary
nursing in hospitals, undertaken by its members. Assistance is
also rendered in home visiting of the sick and aged, diversional
therapy for those who are unable to leave their homes, hospital
services and escort duties to invalids on long journeys. First aid
is rendered to those injured in accidents from a Road Hut near
Ruxley Corner, on the Sidcup By-Pass. This is manned on
Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Sick room equipment can be borrowed at a small charge from
the Society's depot at Hornbrook House, High Street, Chislehurst,
on Monday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and on Saturday,
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A sub-depot is now open at 34, Crescent Road,
Sidcup.
The "Good Samaritan Club" for disabled men and women
meets at the Divisional Headquarters, on the second and fourth
Fridays in each month at 2.30 p.m.
Handicraft classes for the disabled are also held at Hornbrook
House, Chislehurst (Tuesday, 10-11.45 a.m.), and at the Clinic,
St. Paul's Cray (Wednesday, 10-12 noon).
The St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The Sidcup Brigade of the St. John Ambulance Association
continues to be active within the district. Personnel trained in first
aid attend at public gatherings and are available to accompany
children, aged persons and patients undertaking journeys.
A Road Hut is stationed in the Sidcup By-pass near Main
Road, where injured persons may receive first aid treatment.
A new venture for 1958 is the establishment of a Medical
Comforts Fund, as a result of which invalids may hire bed-pans,
bath chairs, rubber sheeting, etc., at a nominal fee.
Women's Voluntary Service.
Valuable facilities continue to be placed at the disposal of the
public through the Women's Voluntary Service from its offices at
Craybrooke House, Sidcup Hill, Sidcup.
Wheel chairs are loaned and escorts are provided to assist
those attending hospital. Assistance is given in the Out-patient's
Department of Queen Mary's Hospital, and a Trolley Shop is
operated at Cray Valley Hospital.