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Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary is provided and maintained
by the Kent County Council. The Tuberculosis
Officer in charge of District No. 7, which includes
Dispensaries at Bromley and Penge, is Dr. B. G. A.
Edelston. The districts covered by these two dispensaries
are Bromley, Beckenham, Penge, Anerley, parts of
Sydenham and Upper Norwood, Orpington, Chislehurst
and Sidcup. The Dispensary for Bromley is held at 2,
Park Road, on Wednesdays, from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m., and
on Fridays from 5.0 to 6.0 p.m. The Corporation
provides a nurse for attendance at the Dispensary from the
Health Visiting Staff for the Wednesday Dispensary, and
a nurse from Chislehurst at the present time undertakes
the duty for Fridays. The Health Visitor also carries out
home visiting of patients.
The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary is briefly
reported on by the Tuberculosis Officer, and appears in a
later part of this report.
Venereal Diseases Treatment Centres.
Provision for treatment is under the administration
of the Kent County Council. There is no centre in the
Borough. The close proximity of London, where there
are ample facilities available at the various London
Hospitals, provides an adequate and convenient service
for such cases.
V.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Rivers and Streams.
The sanitary inspectors carry out periodical
inspections of all the watercourses and streams in the
Borough. During the year 17 inspections were made, and
in four instances nuisances from pollution were remedied
after service of informal notices. The pollutions were not
of a serious character.
Drainage and Sewerage.
The main drainage of Bromley links up with the
undertaking of the West Kent Sewerage Board, whose