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Immunisation and Vaccination.
This is carried out at the Child Welfare Centres as listed
above, and in addition, by special appointment, at Downe House,
High Street, Orpington, on Wednesday afternoons.
Ambulance Service.
There is an ambulance depot at Farnborough Hospital, where
there are seven ambulances and two sitting-case cars.
Laboratory Service.
Farnborough Hospital, with whom there is close co-operation
in matters of urgency, provides a full laboratory service. Routine
medical specimens are done by Maidstone Laboratory, and also
samples of milk and foods.
Day Nurseries.
There is a Day Nursery at Scad's Hill House, Orpington, with
accommodation for approximately 75 children under five years
of age.
Specialist Clinics.
Ear, Nose and Throat: Farnborough Hospital.
Ophthalmic : School House, Chislehurst Road.
Orthopaedic : Orpington Hospital.
Speech Defects : School House, Chislehurst Road.
Medical Loan Depot.
Arrangements have been made with the British Red Cross
Society for the continuation of the Medical Loan Depots. The
full range of nursing requisites is available at these depots,
which are additional to the loan cupboards kept by Home Nurses.
Applications for loans of such equipment for Orpington
inhabitants should be made to Mrs. James, 39, Willett Way,
Petts Wood.