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The first floor is occupied by the Maternity Wards,
Labour Room and necessary annexes.
A charge of £1 1s. 0d. per week was fixed for
patients, and this could be reduced or remitted at the
discretion of the Committee-in-Gharge.
Towards the end of the year, however, a modification
in the charges was introduced, and a scale fixed
varying according to the number in family of the person
seeking admission.
The staff at the home comprised at first two Nurse
Midwives with a Wardmaid and Cook, but at the end of
the year another Nurse Midwife was appointed. There
is also a caretaker, who lives on the premises.
F.—Sanitary Administration.
(1) Staff, Work of Inspectors, &c.
The Statf consists of myself, as Medical Officer of
Health, School Medical Officer, and Medical Officer in
charge of the Sanatorium for Infectious Diseases; D. 1$.
Davies, Inspector of Nuisances, holding certificates from
the Royal Sanitary Institute as Inspector of Nuisances,
and for the inspection of meat and other foods; T.
Vaughan, Assistant Sanitary Inspector, holding the
same certificate; his duties have been chiefly the inspection
of houses under the Housing and Town Planning
Acts.
During the year Mr. E. J. Castree was appointed
Clerk in the Public Health Department.
In addition there are a part-time Lady Medical Officer,
Dr. J. Lorimer Hawthorne, two full-time Health
Visitors, and a female clerk, whose work chiefly lies in
connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare
Department.
The two Health Visitors at the beginning of the
year were Nurses Cruise and Crouch, but during the year
Nurse Cruise resigned her post, and Miss Denson was
appointed to the vacancy.