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A store of sick room equipment is maintained and can be
borrowed for a small charge from Hornbrook House, High Street,
Chislehurst, on:—
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays 3 p.m. — 4 p.m.
Thursdays 11 a.m. — 12 noon
Fridays 12 noon — 1 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. — 10 a.m.
A sub-depot is also open at 34, Crescent Road, Sidcup, and
245, Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham.
The Good Samaritan Club for disabled men and women meets
at Hornbrook House on the second and fourth Fridays in each
month at 2.30 p.m., and handicraft classes for the members are
held at Hornbrook House on Tuesdays from 10—11.45 a.m. and at
the Clinic, St. Paul's Cray, on each Wednesday, from 10—12 noon.
A club for Deaf-Blind is held on the last Saturday in each
month at Hornbrook House.
The St. John Ambulance Brigade.
The 97th Sidcup Nursing Division functions within the Urban
District under the Divisional Superintendent, Mrs. O. Barton, and
the Divisional Secretary is Miss H. R. Haley.
Personnel with First Aid qualifications attend local cinemas
and many other public gatherings. They also attend meetings and
outings of the Old Age Pensioners Association and Rest-A-While
Club.
The Division is now helping the Cheshire Foundation Home in
Bromley whenever possible.
First Aid is rendered in case of road accidents by members
stationed at the road hut on the Sidcup By-Pass in the Longlands
area.
Through the Division's Medical Comforts Fund, bath chairs,
rubber sheeting, etc. may be hired for a nominal fee. Application
for these may be made at the Drill Hall, Halfway Street, Sidcup,
on Tuesdays at 8—10 p.m. and at other times by telephoning
FOOtscray 7444.
Women's Voluntary Service.
This report has been furnished by the Metropolitan Kent
County Organiser:
"The W.V.S. Office is at Craybrooke House, Sidcup Hill.
Sidcup. and the members are always ready to assist the public in
any way they can.