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A gift from Alexandra Rose Day and the Sunday Cinema Fund
helped to subsidise those who could not afford the full cost of the
meals.
During the year there have been visitors from all parts of the
country to see this Meals on Wheels Service in action.
Welfare Work and Trolley Shops.
W.V.S. members visit the two London County Council Homes,
and " Dunoran." " Homefield," " St. Cecilia's," Lennard Hospital
and Hayes Grove Nursing Home, and a trolley shop service is given
where needed.
Wheel chairs are kept at the Centre and loaned to those in
need. These are appreciated and much used during the summer
months.
W.V.S. members visit the housebound and lonely.
HOSPITAL SERVICES.
The following hospitals are within the area and are controlled
by 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 33 beds.
118, Widmore Road, Bromley. Provision for 21 beds.
(b) Lennard Hospitals. Lennard Road. Provision for 56 beds
for use by infectious disease cases. This number can be
more than doubled in an emergency. Fifty beds for
geriatric cases.
(c) Chest Clinic, Tiger Lane, Bromley.
Venereal Diseases.
Patients requiring treatment for these diseases are referred to
the hospitals with the necessary specialist clinics.
COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICES.
Ambulance Service.
This area is served by ambulances and sitting-case cars based
at the main depot which is situate at 12. Hayes Lane. Bromley.
The majority of the vehicles are radio controlled, and at the present
time there are 29 ambulances and 20 sitting-case cars available for
use.