[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashford U.D.C.

  • Ashford (Kent, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (iii) The Adult School Hall, Gladstone Road, South Willesborough Sessions at 2-15 p.m. on Fridays alternating with the North Willesborough Clinic. (iv) The Women*s Institute Hall, Faversham Road. Kennington. Sessions are held at 2-15 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays, (v) The Kingsford Memorial Hall. Kingsnorth Road. Ashford. Sessions at 2-15 p.m* on Wednesdays alternating with Kennington Clinic. Ante-natal. Post-natal and Women’s Welfare Clinics• These Clinics are held in the Station Road.centre on every Monday afternoon at 2.15 p.m. (i) The following four clinics of the School Medical Service are held at 14, Canterbury Road, Ashford. (a) Dental Clinic (b) Ophthalmic Clinic (c) Minor Ailment Clinic (d) Speech Therapy Clinic (e) Orthopaedic Clinic This clinic is held at Ashford Hospital, is administere by the Regional Hospitals Board and appointments are made by the County Public Health Department on behalf of school- children. It is held on the 1st Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. (ii) Venereal Diseases Clinics. This clinic is held at Ashford Hospital on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10 - 11 a.m. for Females and from 11 - 12 noo; for Males. (iii) Tuberculosis Clinic This clinic is held at No. 1, Barrow Hill Place, weekly on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 12-30'p.m. (iv) Hospitals (a) Ashford General. Accommodation - approximately 137 bed (o) Willesborough General. Accommodation - 147 beds. (c) Infectious Diseases. Accommodation 40 beds. (d) Grosvenor Sanatorium (Private). Accommodation - 265 bed: Private Nursing Homes. There were two of these on the register at the end of the year. One was a Maternity Nursing Home, registered for 3 patients and the other, a Home chiefly for the aged, infirm and chronic sick, was rcgsitered for 9 beds. Both were regularly inspected and were found to be well- conducted, clean and comfortable at each inspection.