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Other Institutions.
(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 County Hospital, Farnborough, 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, fostermothers
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. Demands on the accommodation
of this Hostel continue to be great.