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Clinic Medical Officers at maternity and child welfare and school treatment centres
are concerned with the health and well-being of the children attending or referred
to the centres.
School Medical Officers are concerned with the medical examination of school
children, with the referral and follow-up of children requiring medical or dental
attention, and with advising head teachers on health matters.
Health Visitor—Visits homes in her area for the purpose of giving advice as to the
care of young children, persons suffering from illness, and expectant or nursing
mothers, and as to the measures necessary to prevent the spread of infection.
General enquiries to Divisional Nursing Officer : other enquiries to health
visitors' offices.—Appendix A gives the address and telephone number of health
visitors' offices, and the area covered by each officer.
(Note—Health visitors are concerned with all families and all members of a family.
Other officers of the Council, referred to below, are interested in particular groups
of children or in specialised spheres. The references to these officers do not
necessarily cover the whole range of their duties.)
School Nursing Sister—Undertakes duties in connection with the school health
service, which bring her into direct touch with school children and their parents.
She is responsible for the health of the children at school and makes home visits
where necessary.
Enquiries to Divisional Nursing Officer.
Domiciliary Midwife—A frequent home visitor during the months covering pregnancy,
confinement and the lying-in period (about 20 per cent.—25 per cent, of births in
London are attended by the Council's domiciliary midwives or by district midwives
employed by district nursing associations or maternity hospitals within the Council's
domiciliary midwifery scheme).
Enquiries to duty supervisor of midwives (Telephone numbers).
District Nurse—Visits to homes are made by district nurses employed by district
nursing associations providing a home nursing service on behalf of the Council.
District Nursing Associations operating in the division :—
(District, District Nursing Association, Address and telephone number)
More information as to districts may be obtained from Divisional Health Office.
Tuberculosis Visitor—Visits the homes of all persons under supervision by the chest
clinics and advises on family difficulties. Arrangements are also made for child
contacts of tuberculosis to be boarded-out, including those undergoing B.C.G.
vaccination.
Chest Clinics in the Division
(District, Chest clinic, address and telephone number)
Divisional Treatment Organiser—A social worker concerned with the health of
school children and who, in arranging for medical treatment, comes into direct
contact with school children and their parents and also receives information on
home conditions from the health visitors and voluntary school care committee
workers. Complementary to the district care organiser in the Education Officer's
Department (See Section (2) ), is secretary of the divisional co-ordinating committee.
Home Help Organiser—Arranges normal home help service and special home help
services to meet exceptional needs, e.g. child helps to sleep in the home and to
take the place of the mother of children temporarily deprived of the care of both
parents ; early morning and evening home helps to look after children where only
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