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HOSPITAL SERVICES.
The following hospitals are within the area, and under the
control of the Bromley Group Hospital Management Committee,
whose offices are at Farnborough Hospital. Farnborough. Kent.
(a) Bromley Hospital, Cromwell Avenue. General hospital
with 133 beds.
Bromley Hospital Maternity Units:
20. Masons Hill. Bromley. Provision for 34 beds.
118. Widmore Road. Bromley. 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. Provision for 56 beds
for use by infectious disease cases. This number can be doubled
in an emergency.
Twenty-four beds are also provided at these hospitals for
geriatric cases.
Venereal Diseases.
There is no clinic in the area which deals with these diseases.
Patients are referred to the various hospitals with such clinics.
COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES.
Health Visiting.
Seven Health Visitors are employed in the area, and their time
is equally divided between Health Visiting and work in connection
with the School Health Services. In addition to their school work,
they are responsible for Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
Immunisation and Vaccination Clinics, Home Visiting, After Care,
and give advice on the care of young children, and advice to
expectant and nursing mothers.
Domiciliary Midwifery.
Four full-time domiciliary midwives are employed in the area.
Patients may obtain the services of a midwife on direct application
or through the patient's private doctor.
Women's Welfare Clinic.
All Bromley patients are referred to the Chislehurst clinic.