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Borough is presenting geographical difficulties in affording
adequate service for the large estates which have been established
in the Southern end of the Borough, and the consideration
of the question of the establishment of Clinic
facilities for the convenience of the burgesses in the
Southern end of the town may not long be deferred.
The School Clinic makes provision for the following
treatments and services, details of which have been dealt
with both in the Maternity and Child Welfare and School
Medical Sections of this Report:—
1. Minor ailment treatments.
2. Tonsil and Adenoid Clinic.
3. Vision Clinic.
4. Orthopaedic Clinic.
5. Artificial Sunlight Clinic.
6. Dental Clinic.
7. Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic.
8. Ante-Natal Clinic.
9. Child Welfare Centre (Plaistow area).
Welfare Centres are provided for the areas of Bromley
Common, Burnt Ash, Plaistow, Shortlands and Widmore,
and each Centre is held weekly, with the exception of
Burnt Ash, where two sessions are held weekly.
The development of the Housing Estates in the
Bromley Common area has had the effect of leaving the
old established Welfare Centre at Raglan Road too far
from the centre of this large area. The Welfare Centre
in its present position already serves a fairly densely populated
district, and to move it to a more central site for the
convenience of the new estates would adversely affect the
old portion of Bromley Common area. The solution of
the question depends largely on the establishment of Clinic
and Centre facilities for the Southernmost portion of the
Borough.
Nursing in the Homes.
There were three organisations providing professional
district nursing in the homes: the Bromley District Nursing
Association, St. Luke's District Nursing Association,
and Bromley Common Holy Trinity Nursing Association.