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Other Institutions.
(1) The Rochester Diocesan Society for Befriending
Women and Girls lias 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 County
Hospital, Farnborougli, which is a 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, was
opened in September, 1933, by the Bromley National
Council of Women, for women and girls. The Hostel is
maintained by voluntary subscriptions, and receives no
subsidy from public funds. " The fact that the beds have
been occupied 1,697 times by 183 residents during the past
twelve months proves the need of such an institution."