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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The following tabulation gives particulars of maternity and nursing homes registered by the Local Authority as at the 31st December, 1938, and for convenience of recording I have included the two general hospitals, which are exempt from registration under the provisions of the Act.
| Address | Total No. of Beds | Maternity beds | Patients received in 1938. | Total. | Resident. | Nursing Staff. | Types of cases taken | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity | Surgical | Medical | Living out | Qualifications. | ||||||
| 89, Bromley Common | 12 | 5 | 53 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 Gen Trained | Mixed |
| 2 S.C.M. | ||||||||||
| 2 Assistants | ||||||||||
| "Greta," Blyth Road (voluntarily closed end 1938) | 10 | — | 2 | 81 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 Gen. trained and S.C. M. | Nursing |
| 4 General Trained | ||||||||||
| "Walcot," Blyth Road | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 S.R.N. | Nursing |
| 24, Elmfield Road | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 Gen. Trained | Mixed |
| Northfield, Elmstead Lane | 11 | — | — | 18 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 Gen. trained and S.C.M. | Nursing |
| 5 Assistants | ||||||||||
| 29, Kings Avenue | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 Masseuses (C.S.M.M.G.) | Nursing |
| "Frascati," Masons Hill | 18 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 49 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. | Mixed |
| 1 General Trained | ||||||||||
| 1 S.C.M. | ||||||||||
| 4 Assistants | ||||||||||
| 16, Sundridge Avenue (voluntarily closed end 1938) | 4 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 untrained | Nursing |
| 13, Tweedy Road | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 Gen. Trained. | Nursing |
| 1 Assistant (staff engaged as required) | ||||||||||
| Maternity Hospital, 118, Widmore Road | 19 | 19 | 375 | — | — | 12 | 12 | 5 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. | Nursing Maternity | |
| 4 S.C.M. | ||||||||||
| 3 Asst. Nurses | ||||||||||
| Bromley (Kent) and District Hospital, Cromwell Avenue | 103 | — | — | 1294 | 362 | 47 | 47 | 8 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. | Gen. Hospital cases | |
| 8 Gen. Trained | ||||||||||
| 29 untrained | ||||||||||
| 2 Masseuses | ||||||||||
| Phillips Memorial Hospital, Lowndes Avenue | 20 | — | — | 144 | 64 | 7 | 7 | 2 Gen. Trained and S.C.M. | Gen. Hospital cases | |
| 3 Asst. Nurses | ||||||||||
| 2 Probationers | ||||||||||