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Of those admitted to Hospital:—
12 returned home with their babies.
13 returned home and their babies placed for adoption with the
C. of E. Children's Society.
2 entered the C.A. Mother and Baby Hostel at Bickley with their
infants.
1 girl returned home and her baby placed in a residential nursery.
1 girl entered a L.A. Institution with her baby.
2 went into lodgings with their babies.
1 entered a domestic post with her baby.
SHELTER CASES—
2 admitted for Probation Officers.
3 admitted for the Police.
4 applied for shelter.
5 girls were resident at the close of the year.
400 home visits have been paid. 1,105 interviews given.
In addition to the above. 140 outdoor cases were dealt with.
1953. like its predecessor, has not been an easy year, the work
inside and out being hampered by the lack of. and changes, in staff,
which meant we were unable to do the work at full strength."
HOSPITAL SERVICES.
(a) Bromley Hospital, Cromwell Avenue. Provides a general
hospital service with 133 beds.
Bromley Hospital Maternity Units :
20. Masons Hill. Bromley. Has provision for 34 beds.
Widmore Road. Bromley. Has provision for 20 beds.
Chest Clinic. Situate at the rear of the main Bromley
Hospital buildings, with entrance from Tiger Lane.
(b) Leonard Hospitals, Leonard Road, Bromley. 56 beds are
provided for infectious disease cases. The number of beds can be
doubled in an emergency.
Provision is also made for 24 beds for geriatric cases.
All the above are under the control of the Bromley Group
Hospital Management Committee, whose offices are at Farnborough
Hospital. Farnborough. Kent.
Veneral Diseases.
Patients are referred to the various hospitals with special clinics
for dealing with these diseases.
COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES.
Home Nursing Service.
There are 10 full-time Home Nurses operating in the Borough
(1 male and 9 female).
Home Nursing is provided on medical certification only, and
is free. A day service only is given at the present time.