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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1919
Annual report (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health 1919
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SCHOOLS FOR MOTHERS.
Particulars as to Staff, May 1920 (Dentists and Anaesthetists not included).
| Archer Street | Medical Officer Infant Consultations | Dr. E. M. Barker | M.D. | £1 1s. | per session* | — |
| Medical Officer Expectant Mother Consultations | Dr. M. H. Kettle | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. | £1 11s. 6d | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Miss Barber | Trained General Nurse and Trained Mid-wife | £135 | per annum | Free Rooms | |
| Assistant Nurse | Miss Carter | Trained Mid-wife | £85 | per annum | Free Rooms | |
| Caretaker | E. Calder | — | £1 5s. | per week | — | |
| Bramley Road with Kenley Street Extension | Medical Officer | Dr. Carter | M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. | £11s. | per session* | |
| Medical Officer | Dr. Olive Langmead | M.B., B.S. | £11s. | per session* | — | |
| Medical Officer | ||||||
| (Kenley Street) | Dr. Lock | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. | £11s. | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Miss Rogers | Trained General Nurse | £160 | per annum | — | |
| Caretaker | Mrs. Hayes | £1 5s. | per week | — | ||
| Campden Hill | Medical Officer Infant Consultations | Dr. Mabel Paine | M.B., B.S. | £11s. | per session* | — |
| Medical Officcr Expectant Mother Consultations | Dr. Victoria Bennett | M.B., B.S. | £1 11s. 6d | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Miss Wigglcsworth | Trained Mid-wife | £135 | per annum | — | |
| Caretaker | Mrs. Beck | — | £26 10s. | per annum | — | |
| Earls Court Warwick Road | Medical Officer | Dr. Mills | M.D. | £11s. | per session* | — |
| Medical Officer | Dr. Brookes | M.B., F.R.C.S. | £11s. | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Mrs. Durnford | Trained Mid-wife | £130 | per annum | Uniform and Laundry | |
| Assistant Nurse | Vacant | — | £60 | per annum | Uniform and Laundry | |
| Caretaker | Mrs. Tyler | — | 15s. | weekly | Free Rooms and Coal | |
| Golborne | Medical Officer | Dr. Mills | M.D. | £11s. | per session* | — |
| Medical Officer | Dr. Olive Langmead | M.B., B.S. | £11s. | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Miss Cowans T | Trained General Nurse | £140 | per annum | Dinners, Teas, Laundry and Uniform allowance | |
| Cook | M. Gill | — | £30 | per annum | Board and Residence | |
| Maid | 1 | — | 16s. | weekly | Board | |
| Charwoman | 1 | — | 2/- | per half-day | — | |
| Window Cleaner | 1 | — | £6 | per annum | — | |
| Lancaster Road | Medical Officer Infant Consultations | Dr. Mabel Paine | M.B., B.S. | £11s. | per session* | — |
| Medical Officer Expectant Mother Consultations | Dr. Victoria Bennett | M.B., B.S. | £1 11s. 6d | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Miss Currie † | Trained General Nurse | £100 | per annum | Board, Residence, Laundry and Uniform | |
| House-keeper | 1 | — | £20 | per annum | Board, Residence and Laundry | |
| Charwoman | 1 | — | £23 10s. | per annum | Partial Board and Laundry | |
| Raymede | Medical Officer Infant Consultations | Dr. Ronald Carter | M.D. | £11s. | per session* | — |
| Medical Officer Expectant Mother Consultations | Dr. Wilks | M.D. | £11s. | per session* | — | |
| Nurse-in-Charge | Miss Gulland | Trained General Nurse | £145 | per annum | Dinners | |
| Assistant Nurse | Miss Garlick | Trained Children's Nurse and Trained Mid-wife | £120 | per annum | Dinners | |
| Treasurer | Mrs. Swyny | — | £11s. | per month | — | |
| Lecturcr | Miss Pearson | — | £11s. | per week | — | |
| Sewing Teacher | Miss Stewart | — | 10s. | per week | — | |
| Charwoman | 1 | — | 10s. | per week | Dinners | |
| Cook | 1 | — | 10s. | per week | Dinners |
A large amount of administrative, secretarial and financial work is carried out by ladies who give their services free of
charge. These ladies also assist at the consultations, perform home visiting, and undertake the management of various clubs.
The numbers of regular workers who give their services free are as follows:—Archer Street 8; Bramley Road with Kenley
Street 12; Campden Hill 8; Earls Court 7; Golborne 9; Lancaster Road 12; Raymede 10. There are in addition other
workers but their services are occasional only.
*A Session is an afternoon of 2 or 3 hours and it is anticipated that the doctors will receive £1 lis. 6d. per Session
in the future.
†Also superintends Day Nursery attached to School for Mothers.
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