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(iv) HEALTH VISITORS.
The changes in the personnel of the HBalth
Visitors are indicated at the beginning of this Report,
The Health Visitors are also School Nurses
and Child Life Protection Visitors.
There has been considerable expansion of the
work in Maternity and Child Welfare as evidenced by the
figures showing the number of Domiciliary Visits and
Clinics held.
There has also been a considerable addition to
the work of the Health Visitors in regular visits of
inspection to the War-Time Nurseries recently established.
All tho Health Visitors have contributed much
to Civil Defence by Acting as Trained Nurses for the
First Aid Posts and Mobile Units and by undertaking the
Nursing supervision of shelters and a Shelter Aid Post
when required.
Miss Hookway, Senior Health Visitor, has rendered
outstanding service by dealing successfully with
all the additional calls due to War Organisation and the
increase in Routine Work with the same number of colleagues
throe as before tho war.
There is no doubt that an inorease in the staff
of tho Health Visitors is necessary.