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Institutional.
(1) Tlie Rochester Diocesan Society for Befriending
Women and (jirls 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 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,
etc.), water, milk and foodstuffs are those provided by
the Kent County Council at Maidstone.
Clinics and, Centres.
The School Clinic, Station Road, was opened in 1928,
and makes provision for the following treatments and
services, details of which are dealt with in the Maternity