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1.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE
AREA
(i) Staff
The particulars of staff are set out at the beginning of this report.
The Assistant Medical Officers, Dental Staff, Nursing Staff, Domestic
Help Organiser, and also the majority of the Clerical Staff come under
the jurisdiction of the Essex County Council who are the Local Health
Authority for the Part iii duties of the National Health Service Act,
1946.
It will be noted that, in accordance with the Sanitary Inspectors
(Change of Designation) Act, 1956, the term "Public Health Inspector"
is now used throughout the Report.
(ii) Laboratory Facilities
These facilities are the same as before, and meet our requirements,
and those of the General Practitioners.
(iii) Nursing in the Home
(a) General.
At the end of the year 9 Home Nurses, and 1 Home Nurse/Midwife
were serving in the area. These were employed in general
domiciliary nursing, but, in addition, the Home Nurse/Midwives
combined this work with midwifery duties.
Sick-room equipment has again been made available on loan, free
of charge, in accordance with Section 28 of the National Health Service
Act.
Table 3 sets out the work of the Home Nursing service during the
year.

(b) Domiciliary Midwives.
At the end of the year 12 Domiciliary Midwives were employed,
also the one Home Nurse/Midwife referred to above.
The following gives a summary of the cases attended by the Domiciliary
Midwives, as Midwives, and as Maternity Nurses.

Table 5 gives a summary of the "Medical Aid" notices received
during the year.