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Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The Tuberculosis Dispensary is provided and maintained
by the Kent County Council, and is held at 2, Park
Road, Bromley, on Wednesdays, 1.30 to 3.30 p.m., and
Fridays at 5 to 6 p.m. The Tuberculosis Officer in charge
is Dr. B. G. A. Edelston, and the Corporation of Bromley
supplies a nurse from the Health Visiting staff for the
Wednesday Dispensary. Home visiting of patients is
carried out by the Health Visitor.
Venereal Diseases Treatment Centres.
The Kent County Council provides treatment at
various centres in the County. There is no centre in the
Borough. The close proximity of London, where ample
facilities are available at the various London Hospitals,
provides an adequate and convenient service for such cases.
Hospitals. Public and Voluntary.
(1) Infectious Diseases Hospitals :
West Kent Isolation Hospital—
Recognised accommodation 115 beds.
Actual number in use 160 beds.
27 cots.
West Kent Smallpox Hospital—
Recognised accommodation 39 beds.
9 cots.
(2) General Hospitals (Voluntary) :
Bromley (Kent) and District Hospital
99 beds.
Phillips Memorial (Homeopathic)
Hospital 20 beds.
(3) Maternity Hospital (Voluntary) :
The Bromley and Chislehurst Maternity
Hospital 19 beds.
(In addition there are 2 labour wards and 1 isolation ward).
Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927.
The Minister of Health in his Circular 1574 dated 30th
September, 1936, stressed the importance of ascertaining