[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough.

  • Dartford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Dartford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    {B) MIDWIVES. There are six midwives practising in the Borough. The controlling authority for midwives is the Kent County Council. (C) CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. The following are the Clinics and treatment centres in the town ;— Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, Market Street Maintained by the Council School Clinic, Kent Road ... ... ... '| Maintained by the Kent Tuberculosis Clinic, Overy Street ... ... ^ County Council. Venereal Clinic, King Edward Avenue Hospital J (D) HOSPITAL SERVICES. 1. King Edward Avenue Hospital, West Hill, for General Purposes, under the management of Kent County Council (Public Assistance Committee), avail- able for persons resident in the area under the control of the Public Assistance Committee and by private patients from the same area. 2. Livingstone Hospital, East Hill, for General Purposes, supported by Voluntary Contributions under the management of a voluntary committee, available for persons resident in the Dartford Borough and Dartford Rural Districts. 3. Bow Arrow Isolation Hospital, Bow Arrow Lane (for Infectious Diseases) under the management of the Joint Hospital Committee, available for persons resident in Dartford Borough, Dartford Rural District, Bexley Urban District, Crayford Urban District, Swanscombe Urban District. Cases of Small Pox are admitted into the London County Council Small Pox Hospital, Joyce Green. The Joint Hospital Committee have under consideration an extension scheme which will provide a new administration block and new wards, making the available accommodation up to 133 beds. (E) AMBULANCE FACILITIES. {{). Infectious Cases.—The Dartford Joint Hospital Committee main- tain two ambulances for the removal of cases of infectious disease from their homes to the hospital. (u). General Cases.—The local division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade continues to do very useful work. They maintain a motor ambulance which is available for accidents and the removal of sick persons to local or London hospitals. During the year 19c4, the following cases were dealt with by this ambulance ;— Accidents 104 Sick removals to local hospitals 329 Sick removals to London hospitals and other places 70