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are slowly increasing. A detailed account of the work
will be given in the Annual Report for 1916. The Acting
Medical Officer is Dr. Agnes M. Swanson.
Miss FitzGerald attends the clinic and does the home
visiting which is necessary and the British Hospital
provides hospital treatment where requisite.
One half of all expenses is repaid by the Treasury.
In order to carry out a proper child-welfare scheme I
recommended that an assistant Medical Officer should be
appointed to conduct the infant consultation at the existing
centre and at an additional one to be instituted in East
Plumstead, and that an additional woman inspector and
health visitor should be appointed.
In view of the necessity of economy during the war no
action has been taken as to the Medical Officer, but steps
are now being taken to appoint an additional woman
Inspector and Health Visitor. Two-thirds of the new
officer's salary will be allotted for health visiting and
one-third as Sanitary Inspector, and the Local Government
Board have made themselves responsible for repaying
one-half the amount allotted for health visiting.
WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK.
49. There are two Women Sanitary Inspectors, one of
whom, Miss FitzGerald, is also a Health Visitor.
Miss Middlebrooke inspects workshops where women are
employed, restaurants, and eating-houses, re kitchens, etc.,
public lavatories for women, houses where certain infectious
diseases (e.g., measles) occurred, and houses reported as
being verminous or in a dirty condition. Special efforts are
made to deal with verminous children, and for these efforts