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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bromley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The following table gives particulars of maternity and nursing homes registered by the Local authority, and for convenience of tabulation I have included details of the larger hospitals which are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Act
| Address. | Total No of Beds. | Matern ity Bed | Patients received 1936. | Nursing Staff. | Type of case taken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity. | Surgical | Medical | Total. | Resident | Living Out. | Qualifications. | ||||
| 77, Avondale Road | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. 3 Gen. Trained. | Mixed |
| 40, Bromley Common | 10 | 4 | 39 | 52 | 11 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 Gen. Trained and S.C.M 1 Gen. Trained. 1 Assistant. | Mixed |
| "Greta," Blyth Road | 10 | - | - | 100 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 Gen. Trained and S.C.M 4 Gen. Trained. 1 Assistant, 1 not stated. | Nursing |
| 24, Elmfield Road | 10 | 2 | 8 | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 Gen. Trained 2 Assistants. | Mixed |
| 3, Elmstead Lane | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 Gen Trained. | Mixed |
| 29, King's Avenue | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 Gen. Trained. | Nursing | |
| "Frascati," Masons Hill | 23 | 5 | 45 | 29 | 77 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. 2 Gen. Trained. 2 S.C.M. 3 Asst. Nurses. | Mixed |
| 126, Princes Plain | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 Gen. Trained. | Nursing |
| 16, Sundridge Avenue | 4 | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | (Home under supervision of Resident Medical practitioner). | Nursing |
| 13, Tweedy Road | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 Gen. Trained. | Nursing |
| Maternity Hospital, 118, Widmore Road | 19 | 19 | 397 | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | 3 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. 4 S.C.M. 4 Asst. Nurses. | Maternity |
| Bromley (Kent) and District Hospital, Cromwell Avenue | 99 | - | 11 | 608 | 297 | 35 | 35 | - | 5 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. 8 Gen. Trained. 2 Masseuse. 20 Untrained. | General Hospital cases |
| Phillips Memorial Hospital, Lownds Avenue | 20 | - | 1 | 174 | 67 | 7 | 7 | - | 2 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. 2 Gen. Trained. 1 Asst. Nurse. 2 Probationer. | General Hospital cases. |