Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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(ii.) Miss Bridie O'Connor. Age, 33. Appointed 26th October, 1921
Qualifications:
Trained, General Nursing.
Past Appointments:
Sister, Sanatorium, 6 months.
Tuberculosis Nurse, Tuberculosis Dispensary, 3½ years
Army Service, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., 1 year.
Fever Nursing, M.A.B. Hospital, Fulham, 4 months.
Nurse, Poor Law Infirmary, 10 months.
(iii.) Miss Christine M. Thompson. Age, 29. Appointed
26th October, 1921.
Qualifications:
General Training, St. George's Hospital, 4 years.
Maternity Training, Clapham Maternity Hospital,
4 months.
Midwifery Training, Clapham Maternity (District),
3 months.
Private Nursing.
The salary paid to each of these Nurses is £200 per annum, with uniform
allowance £5 per annum.
At the request of the London County Council the part-time service of
one of the Dispensary Nurses, which had been allocated by the Voluntary
Dispensary Committee to the extent of one-third of her time at the Springwell
House Open Air (Tuberculosis) School, has been continued and extended
to three-fourths of her time by the Borough Council provisionally. The
London County Council have agreed to reimburse the Council the externt
of three-fourths of the Nurse's salary in respect of this service.
Secretary and Clerk:—
Miss Lilian Wadham. Age, 32. Appointed 1st July, 1917.
Qualifications:
Health Visitor, Battersea Polytechnic.
Sanitary Inspector, London Sanitary Inspectors Board.
Past Appointments:
Health Visitor, Battersea Voluntary Dispensary, 1J years.
Secretary and Clerk, Battersea Voluntary Dispensary
3 years.
The salary paid to Miss Wadham is .£300 per annum.
Dispenser:—
Miss Edith F. Davies. Age, 43 Appointed 28th October, 1918.
Qualifications:
Apothecaries' Hall.
Past Appointments:
Dispenser, Farringdon General Dispensary, Holborn.
Dispenser, Public Dispensary, Drury Lane.
Dispenser to various General Practitioners.
Dispenser, Battersea Voluntary Dispensary, 3 years.
Typist and Stenographer:—
Miss Clarissa Turner. Age, 17. Appointed 12th January, 1920.
Caretakers:—
Horace and Naomi Clements.
The position of caretakers has been occupied by Horace Clements and
his wife for 5 years prior to the taking over of the Dispensary by the