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Assistant Medical Officers— Part time.
Two Lady Assistants—Dr. S. Pratt and Dr. V. Reade
have been appointed respectively to attend the Becontree and the
Dagenham Clinic on one afternoon in each week.
There are four whole time officers, viz.; two Sanitary
Inspectors and two Health Visitors.
Name Office Qualification
G. T. Carter Sanitary Inspector Certificate of the Royal
Sanitary Institute, Meat
Inspector's Certificate.
H. Bousfield Sanitary Inspector Certificate of the Royal
Sanitary Institute.
E. H. Fawcett Health Visitor Certificated Nurse,
(Mrs.) C.M.B., Health Visitors
Certificate, Sanitary
Inspector's Certificate.
G. Ridley Health Visitor Certificated Nurse,
C.M.B.
Miss Ridley was appointed 22nd May. 1925 to undertake
the whole of the Health Visitor's work in the parish of Dagenham,
this being a temporary post pending the granting of Urban powers
to the parish.
Clerical Work.—No clerical assistance is provided by
the Council in the Health Department.
In each case contribution is made to the Officer's salary
from the Exchequer.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—
Local Nursing Associations have been formed in the
following areas and each maintains a Nurse Midwife, supplied
under the auspices of the Essex County Nursing Association.
Dagenham.
Great Warley.
Havering and Noak Hill.
Harold Wood.
Hornchurch.
Rainham and Wennington.
Upminster and Cranham.
The local Associations receive grants from the County
Council, paid through the County Nursing Association for School
and Tuberculosis Nursing, and for Health Visiting,
(b) Infectious Diseases, e.g., Measles.
No assistance is provided by the Council for the Nursing
of such cases in their homes.