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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 Chislehurst
Road School, Orpington, on Tuesday afternoons.
Ambulance Service.
There is an ambulance depot at Farnborough Hospital, where
there are eight ambulances and three 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, Food and Drugs samples, etc.,
are dealt with by the Kent County Council at their Laboratory
at Maidstone. This Laboratory service is provided for the county
as a whole.
Day Nurseries.
There is a Day Nursery at Scad's Hill House, Orpington, with
accommodation for approximately 75 children under five years
of age.
Diseases of Animals Acts.
The County Council have an Officer stationed in Orpington,
who carries out the functions of this service.
4. Services Rendered by Voluntary Agencies.
Medical Loan Depots.
Arrangements have been made with the British Red Cross
Society for the continuation of the Medical Loan Depots. A full
range of nursing requisites is available at these depots, which are
additional to the loan cupboards kept by Home Nurses.
Applications for loan of such equipment for Orpington
inhabitants should be made to either of the following :—
Mrs. M. M. Jones, 39, Willett Way, Petts Wood. (Orp. 2083).
Mrs. M. Brown, 31, Willett Way, Petts Wood. (Orp. 1847).
Meals on Wheels Service.
This W.V.S. service commenced in Orpington in October,
1950, and in the two months to the end of the year 155 meals were
supplied and delivered to elderly and sick people. A charge of
one shilling per meal is made.