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COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES.
Ambulance Service.
The main depot for the area is at 12 Hayes Lane, Bromley. At
the present time there are 24 ambulances and 27 sitting case cars
available for use at this depot, and these are all radio controlled.
There is also a sub-depot at Main Road, Sidcup.
Chiropody Service
This is provided for Old Age Pensioners, Handicapped Persons
and Expectant Mothers. The clinic is held at the Health Centre,
Mickleham Road, St. Paul's Cray, and domiciliary visits are also
arranged for housebound patients. To augment the service, private
chiropodists are employed to see old people either at their own
surgeries or in the person's home.
Domestic Help Service.
Applications for this service should be made to the District
Organiser, 69 Sidcup Hill, Sidcup, Kent. (Footscray 5521/2.)
The following is a summary of the cases in which assistance
was given during 1963:—
Aged 65 or over 615
Under 65:
Chronic Sick 66
Tuberculosis 4
Mentally disordered 3
Expectant Mother 15
Nursing Mother 115
Children not over compulsory school leaving age 70
Illness 52
940
Family Care Service
Twelve cases received assistance during the year.
Family Welfare Service
Three cases were assisted in 1963.
Evening and Night Attendant Service.
Twenty-three cases received assistance during the year.