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The Non-medical Supervisor of Mid wives and Superintendent of Home Nursing
Service, Miss G. E. Payne, reached the normal age of retirement in December
and was due to leave our service. As we were unable to appoint a successor Miss
Payne agreed to continue in post.
We were able to recruit seven home nurses to our service but six left us for
various reasons.
Miss Johnson, after 22 years' service as a midwife in the area, retired in October,
and we wish her a long and happy retirement. Five midwives left the service and
three were recruited.
Mrs. J. D. Beacall commenced duty on 3rd May as a Senior Orthoptist. Her
predecessor, Miss C. Hughes, had served for four years and left us upon her
marriage.
Throughout the year no applications were received for the vacant post of
senior physiotherapist/senior remedial gymnast despite repeated advertisements.
In February, Mr. Vick, one of the senior administrative officers, resigned after
a short stay in the department, and it was not until May that Mr. L. G. Coe was
appointed to replace him. Otherwise in the administrative section, apart from the
retirement of a long-serving clerical officer, there have been few other changes with
the marked exception of eight appointments filled by supernumerary recruits.
As might have been expected, the most frequent staff replacements occurred
among the manual workers. The recruitment of a relatively high number of home
helps (which gave us a total of 146.7 whole-time equivalent) was achieved, at least
in part, by a sustained and vigorous recruitment drive.
Even after repeated advertisements it has not been possible to fill the post of
assistant warden at the recuperative hostel. However, a social science student from
Brunei University acted in this capacity during the summer as part of his practical
training programme.
MEDICAL ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATION
The London Borough of Enfield is a large employer of many categories of
officers and manual workers.
The administrative, professional and technical officers equal in number the
total teaching staff while these together are equalled by the number of manual
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