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110 men and women visited the Office for advice and help on
different matters.
581 home visits were made and 1.611 interviews given during
the year.
Our thanks are due to the many friends who have sent gifts of
clothes and baby clothing and the Churches for their gifts of
toys, etc.
HOSPITAL SERVICES.
(a) Bromley Hospital, Cromwell Avenue. General hospital
with 133 beds.
Bromley Hospital Maternity Units :
20, Masons Hill. Provision for 34 beds.
Widmore Road. Provision for 20 beds.
Chest Clinic. Situate at the rear of the main Bromley
Hospital buildings, with entrance from Tiger Lane.
(b) Lennard Hospitals, Lennard Road. At the present time
there are 41 beds available for use by infectious disease cases.
This number can be doubled in an emergency.
39 beds are also provided at these hospitals for geriatric cases.
The above hospitals all come within the area of the Bromley
Group Hospital Management Committee, whose offices are at
Farnborough Hospital. Farnborough, Kent.
Venereal Diseases.
Patients are referred to the various hospitals with special clinics
for dealing with such diseases.
COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES.
Health Visiting.
Seven Health Visitors are responsible for this work in the
Bromley area. These Health Visitors are also School Nurses and
their time is equally divided between the two services. In addition
to their work in connection with the School Health Service, they
are responsible for Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. Vaccination
and Immunisation Clinics, Home Visiting, After Care, and
give advice on the care of young children, and advice to expectant
and nursing mothers, etc.
Domiciliary Midwifery.
There are four full-time domiciliary midwives working in the
area. The services of the midwives may be obtained through the
patient's private doctor or by the patient direct, and they act either
as midwives or maternity nurses.