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mittee. A woman assistant medical officer can be obtained for
£600 per annum so that the nett additional cost to the Education
Committee of this whole-time officer, who could give additional
days at the Cherington Road and Greenford Clinics and perform all
the medical inspection at the Hanwell and Greenford schools, would
be £195. Although the Education Committee would have to
make this amount of contribution towards the assistant's salary,
the nett cost to the ratepayers would be only £73 10s. Od. per annum
owing to the displacement of part-time officers employed by the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee which would have its
medical costs lowered
"School Nurses.-The school population in the added areas is
somewhat large to be dealt with by one School Nurse. The difficulty
is that there is too much work for one nurse and not enough to
justify the appointment of another nurse. Nevertheless, with the
concentration of some of the special work, such as operations for
enlarged tonsils and adenoids and refractive examination of the
eyes, at the Mattock Lane Clinic an effort will be made to carry out
the school nursing duties for the present with one nurse.
"Miss McGann, who has been a school nurse in Ealing since
September, 1923, and who is fully conversant with the whole scheme
of medical inspection and treatment, has been transferred to the
Cherington Road and Betham's School Clinics, and Miss Dorkins,
who was taken over from the County Council staff, has been assigned
to the Mattock Lane Clinic.
"Surgeon and Anaesthetist.—The Surgeon and Anaesthetist
would continue as before to carry out operations for enlarged tonsils
and adenoids at Mattock Lane. Cases from the whole of the
Borough would be dealt with there. For children coming from
the outlying parts of the Borough the ambulance would be available
after operative treatment.
"School Dentists.—The two part-time school dentists should
be replaced by a whole-time officer devoting all his time to the duties.
The part-time dentists in Ealing have devoted five sessions each
week to the dental treatment of school children. At least three
more sessions will be required for school children in the added
areas and one session for expectant and nursing mothers and children
under five years of age, the cost of the last session being met by