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VII. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
RE-ORGANISATION.
In my last Annual Report I mentioned, on pages 50/51, that
the Council had adopted a new plan by which the Borough is
divided into two equal portions, each in charge of a wholetime
lady Medical Officer. This has now been effected and each
of these ladies has charge of one half of the Borough and four
Health Visitors. Under this scheme the Centre at 98, Rotherhithe
New Road was re-opened. Dr. Mildred Thynne decided
to take the Rotherhithe half, and Dr. Maud C. Cairney was
appointed to look after the West Bermondsey half with the
centre at 110, Grange Road. In September of 1925 Dr. Thynne
resigned, and Dr. Ruth W. Plimsoll was appointed in her place.
This new plan was therefore working for the latter half of 1925
only, and so far has been most successful. The total sessions
at the Municipal Centres were increased from ten to fourteen per
week, so that one might say that, at the present time, the staff
is fully occupied, and the more even distribution of the work
has enabled them to keep all their work thoroughly up-to-date.
In the following tables the work of the Health Visitors is fully
set out: —
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