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assistants after a term of service as probationer nurses) shall be those laid down
from time to time for probationer nurses.
85. Arrangements for night nursing duty at the London County mental
hospitals, which are set out in our last report (Annual Report of the Council, 1927,
Vol. II., p. 17, par 53) provided that this duty should be undertaken for prescribed
periods by staff (certificated) nurses, supplemented by those probationer nurses
who are undergoing a tour of training in night duty. Owing to a shortage of
staff nurses, it has not been possible at several of the hospitals to adhere strictly to
these arrangements. We are satisfied that the arrangements originally approved
for night nursing duty are desirable and should operate completely as soon as
possible, but it became evident during 1928 that until an adequate number of
staff nurses should be available some modification of the arrangements was called
for. To meet this need the Council, on our recommendation, authorised until 31st
December, 1929, the employment on night duty of (i) probationer nurses, in
addition to those who are undergoing training tours of night duty, and (ii)
temporary nurses.
Arrangements
for
night
nursing.
Asylums Officers' Superannuation Act, 1909, and Asylums and Certified Institutions
(Officers' Pensions) Act, 1918.
86. We continue to deal with matters under these statutes by virtue of powers
delegated by the Council.
Superannuation
Acts.
87. During seventy-nine superannuation allowances were granted,
to the amount of £9,995 19s. 1d. a year. This total includes a special superannuation
allowance of £127 4s. 4d. granted under the provisions of section 2 (4)
of the Act of 1909.
Allowances
granted.
88. In three cases where application had been made for the addition of years
of service under section 2 (3) of the Act of 1909, the Council, on our recommendation,
and with the consent of the Ministry of Health, added in one instance ten years,
and in two instances five years to the actual period of service in computing the
amount of superannuation allowance.
Additional
years of
service.
89. In two cases contributions towards pensions granted by the Council have
been claimed from other authorities from whose institutions the pensioners had
removed after at least two years' service; the contributions as agreed amounted
to £15 3s. 4d. a year. Contributions by the Council towards pensions granted
by other authorities to three employees who had removed from the Council's service
were agreed at rates totalling £351 1s. 3d. a year.
Contributions
by
other
authorities.
Contributions
by the
Council.
90. Claims made by one hundred and seventy-seven officers and employees
for repayment of superannuation contributions under section 10 (1) of the Asylums
Officers' Superannuation Act were allowed. The total amount so repaid was
£2.152 18s. 8d.
Repayment
of contributions.
91. Ninety-seven applications from women officers and employees leaving to
be married, for return of their contributions, as permitted by section 10 (2) of the
Asylums Officers' Superannuation Act, were granted. The sums returned amounted
to £2,015 6s. 6d.
92. On the application of two employees who had been dismissed for reasons
which amounted to grave misconduct and who consequently had forfeited all claim
to any superannuation allowance under the Acts, the whole of their superannuation
contributions, amounting to £6 19s. 8d. and £17 14s. 2d. respectively, were
returned to them under section 5 of the Act of 1909.
93. In eighteen cases the application for return of contributions could not be
acceded to owing to the circumstances in which the services of the applicants had
been terminated.