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Diphtheria Immunisation and Vaccination,
All these sessions are by appointment only, and are held in conjunction
with the Child Welfare Clinics.
District Officer and Assistant District Officer.
District Officer: Mr. B. C. WICKENDEN,
Office: 71, Sidcup Hill, Sidcup. Tel. FOOtscray 5521/2.
Assistant District Officers: Mr. E. BABBS and Mr. D. BARKER.
Office: 71, Sidcup Hill, Sidcup. Tel. FOOtscray 5521/2.
These Officers are available to assist in the event of any difficulty arising
in arranging for any of the County Health Services, and their duties include :
Mental Health Welfare Work under the Mental Health Act, 1959;
Applications for admission to Old People's Homes;
The care of moveable property of persons admitted to hospital or Old
People's Homes;
Administration of welfare food service;
Welfare of Handicapped Persons;
Assessments in respect of certain health and welfare services.
Training Centres:
Scads Hill House, Chislehurst Road, Orpington.
The Labour Hall, Wellington Avenue, Sidcup.
Mondays to Fridays, 10 a.m.-3.30 p.m. during school terms.
A Home Teacher for the mentally subnormal is also available. Applications
for this service should be made to the County Medical Officer,
County Hall, Maidstone.
SERVICES RENDERED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
British Red Cross Society.
The local (Chislehurst and Sidcup) Divisions under their
Director, Mrs. P. Hibbs, and with Mrs. E. M. Watling as Divisional
Secretary, has Headquarters at Hornbrook House, High Street,
Chislehurst, and it is there that the Medical Loan Scheme and most
of the other services are located.
The Good Samaritan Club, for disabled men and women, meets
on the second and fourth Friday in each month from 2.30-4.30
p.m. Handicraft classes for the disabled take place from 10 a.m.12
noon on Tuesday, and there is a Foot Clinic for old age pensioners
on Thursday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Additionally, there is a Handicraft Class for disabled at the
Clinic, Mickleham Road, St. Paul's Cray, on Wednesday 10 a.m.12
noon.