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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 confinements 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.
(3) Hostel for Women at 10, Crescent Road, is for
women and girls, and was opened in September, 1933, by
the Bromley National Council of Women. The Hostel
has no subsidy from public funds.
Ambulance Facilities.
(1) For Infectious Disease Cases: Provided by the
West Kent Joint Hospital Board at their Hospital at
Lennard Road, Bromley Common.
(2) For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases : The
Corporation provides two ambulances, stationed at the Fire
Brigade Station, which are available at all hours for the
removal of sick cases of non-infectious nature and accident
cases. The fee may be remitted in necessitous cases.
Laboratory Facilities.
The West Kent Isolation Hospital undertakes the
testing of throat swabs, and the arrangements continue to
work satisfactorily, and the facilities provided by the Kent
County Council are used for the examination or analysis
of clinical material (sputum, etc.), water, milk and
foodstuffs.