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The Health Visitors would thus be responsible for visiting
patients notified to be suffering from:—
Measles,
German Measles,
Whooping Cough,
Chicken-pox,
Diarrhoea,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Puerperal Fever,
Infective Enteritis,
which work would necessitate the appointment of at least one or
two additional Health Visitors.
With these extended operations in view, and as the time of the
Medical Officer was already fully occupied, it appeared desirable to
consider whether an Assistant Medical Officer should be appointed
for this work. Medical attention could then also be given to the
Rachael McMillan Day Nursery, the Committee being of opinion
that a daily visit by a Medical Officer was essential.
The Scheme outlined in the foregoing particulars was generally
adopted, and during the month of June four additional Health Visitors
were appointed, bringing the number of Health Visitors up to
7, excluding the Health Visitor attached to the Albany Institute.
Each Health Visitor was made responsible for a definite district of
the Borough, and on page 48 will be found statistics giving an indication
of the work carried out during the year in these several
districts.
With regard to the suggestion of an Assistant Maternity and
Child Welfare Medical Officer it was decided not to make this a
full-time appointment, but to obtain the services of Medical Practitioners
with suitable qualifications, as required. In this connection
I have to acknowledge the services of Drs. Halliday, Pickard,
Neary, Cohen, Latimer and Kellett, who have taken sessions as
required at the different Clinics during the year. Dr. Katherine
McNeill continued her duties as the Council's Maternity Medical
Officer up to October, when she resigned the position in order to take
up an appointment in South Africa.
Towards carrying out the above Scheme, the Committee, on
28th April, reported to the Council that they had received the
sanction of the Ministry of Health to the purchase of 105, Shooters
Hill Road for the sum of £1,275 for the purpose of an Infant Consultation
Centre, Minor Ailment Treatment Clinic, Ante-Natal
Clinic, etc., which would be used in place of the existing temporary
arrangements at Sunfields Memorial Schoolroom.