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Regular Clinics for out-patients are held as follow :—
General Medicine, Diseases of the Chest, Dermatology,
Physical Medicine, Ear, Nose and Throat, Neurology,
General Surgery, Infertility and Birth Control, Pædiatric,
Ophthalmic Surgery, Orthopædic and Traumatic Surgery,
Psychiatry, Gynaecology, Orthodontic and Dental Surgery. (The
last mentioned was opened during the year).
The Control of Infection Committee, on which I am
represented, continued to function. Voluntary organisations
including the British Red Cross Society, the Women's Voluntary
Service and the Friends of the Sidcup Hospitals continue to work
for all local hospitals.
The last mentioned association has been particularly active
in the six years since its formation. It has a membership 410 and
provides a trolley telephone, visits to and concerts for, patients,
transport for relatives, an out-patient's canteen and so on.
Good progress is being made with the plans for the new 500
bedded hospital to replace the existing buildings at Queen Mary's
Hospital. The Schedules of Accommodation have been agreed and
work should commence shortly on the accommodation for resident
staff and the boiler house, as the first stage for this new hospital.
Grove Park Hospital.
This hospital comes within the purview of the Lewisham
Group Hospital Management Committee, and has only five blocks
comprising 265 beds which come within the Urban District
boundaries. 202 of these are used for tuberculous patients, whilst
the other 63 are reserved for non-tuberculous thoracic cases.
Venereal Diseases.
Patients are referred to the various hospitals with specialist
clinics for dealing with these diseases. None of these clinics is
situate within the Urban District.
COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES.
Ambulance Service.
The district is served by the ambulance depot at Bromley,
where at the present time, there are twenty-seven ambulances and
twenty-two sitting case cars available. The majority of these
vehicles are radio-controlled. There is also a sub-depot at Main
Road, Sidcup.