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The inspection of nursing homes in Bromley is
carried out once every quarter. There have not been any
breaches of the Bye-laws during 1932 and the inspections
have shown satisfactory conditions in the nursing homes,
and in certain cases resulted in improvements being
made in the internal arrangements. A voluntary change
of ownership and management overcame the necessity
for legal action being initiated in one home.
Institutional.
(1) The Rochester Diocesan Society for Befriending
Women and Girls has a Home at 29, Ravensbourne Road,
which was opened in October, 1912. Here unmarried
expectant mothers are received and arrangements made
for their confinement in maternity homes or in the
Farnborough Hospital (Public Assistance Institution).
Subsequent to confinement the mothers and babies are
received into the Home, and kept there until employment
is found for the mother. If the employment is not of
such a nature as to allow the mother to care for her
child, foster-mothers are found by the Society. The
Home has no subsidy from public funds.
(2) The Blind Hostel, Southlands Road, is a Hostel
maintained by the London Association for the Blind, and
receives no subsidy out of the rates.
Ambulance Facilities.
(1) For Infectious Disease Cases: The West Kent
Joint Hospital Board has four motor ambulances at the
Hospital, Skym Corner, Bromley Common, for the
removal of infectious disease cases.
(2) For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases: A
motor ambulance, the property of the Corporation, is
available at any hour for the removal of sick cases of
non-infectious nature, the fee being remitted in necessitous
cases.
Laboratory Facilities.
The West Kent Isolation Hospital undertakes the
testing of throat swabs and the arrangements continue
to work very satisfactorily. The facilities used for the
examination or analysis of clinical material (sputum,