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Home Nursing is provided on medical certification only, and is
free.
A day service only is provided.
Health Visiting.
Seven Health Visitors are engaged on this work in the area. The
appointment is a combined one of Health Visitor and School Nurse,
fifty per cent. of their time being allocated to each service.
In addition to their school work, they are responsible for the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, Clinics in connection with
Vaccination, Diphtheria Immunisation, etc., and carry out home visiting
in connection with Child Life Protection, After Care, etc.
Details of Welfare Centres, Clinics, etc., will be found later in
this report.
Midwifery (Domiciliary).
The County Council is the supervising Authority under the
National Health Service Act, 1946.
There are four midwives engaged in domiciliary midwifery in the
area. Their services are engaged direct by the patient, or through the
patient's private doctor, and they act either as midwives or maternity
nurses.
Ante-natal clinics are held on every Monday and the 1st, 3rd and
5th Thursday afternoons in the month at the North Clinic, Station
Road,
Women's Welfare Clinic.
This clinic is held on the second and fourth Thursday afternoon
of each month, at the North Clinic, Station Road. Patients attending
this clinic are referred on medical grounds and are seen by appointment
only.
Day Nurseries.
At the end of the year there were two Day Nurseries provided
by the County Council.
Draycott Nursery has, however, been closed by the County
Council as from the end of February, 1952.
Elmfield Nursery has provision for forty children, and applications
for admission of children to this nursery are made direct to the Matron.
Domestic Help Servicc.
Demands for this service continue to increase, especially for cases
of illness in the home and for old people.
Applications for this service should be made to the Area Supervisor
at the Municipal Offices, Bromley.