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improvement in the health of the children evacuated. Tn some
cases, the improvement has been striking.
Several factors have no doubt contributed to this result—
e.g., the greater freedom and exercise available in the country,
more regular hours in going to bed at night and the change
of diet.
Provision of Milk.
Immediately on the partial re-opening of schools in the
Borough arrangements were made for the children to have milk
in school on payment or, in necessitous cases, free.
Changes in Staff.
Medical Staff.—Early in 1939 Dr. Marian Lones was
appointed whole-time Assistant Medical Officer of Health for
Maternity and Child Welfare and Assistant School Medical
Officer to replace the part-time officers, Dr. Muriel Radford
and Dr. J. S. Boden.
Dr. Jean Sutherland, Deputy Medical Officer of Health and
Assistant School Medical Officer since 1933, resigned hi
December, 1939, to take up an appointment on the medical
staff of the Ministry of Health. I wish to pay tribute to the
excellent work she has done during the seven years she has
been in Hornsey. This vacancy has not been filled on account
of the uncertainty as to the course of the war and therefore as
to the numbers of mothers and children remaining in the
Borough. Early in 1940 part-time medical assistance to the
extent of six sessions per week has been approved by the Council.
Orthopaedic Staff.—At the end of the year Mr. H. J.
Seddon, Orthopaedic Surgeon, resigned on leaving his position as
Resident Medical Superintendent, Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital, Stanmore, to take the Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery
in the University of Oxford.
In August, 1939, Mrs. Yorke, Orthopaedic Masseuse, was
transferred to another district and her place was taken by
Mrs. Gouran.
Dental Staff.—The pre-war dental staff consisted of one
whole-time dentist (Miss W. M. Hunt) and one half-time dentist