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accompanied health visitors in certain selected home visits
with particular emphasis on breast feeding, artificial feeding
and the toddler.
(b) Pupil midwives from Thorpe Coombe Maternity
Hospital attended the appropriate number of sessions at infant
welfare clinics in accordance with the rules of the Central
Midwives Board.
(c) Four Health Visitor students from the South-East
Essex Technical College carried out three months' practical
training in the Borough covering a very wide syllabus. Two
health visitor students were given practical training in tuberculosis
(preventive medicine) home visiting and clinic work.
(d) Final year students from the Connaught Hospital
spent two days each in the Public Health field for practical
training. Sixteen students each spent half a day home visiting
with the district nurse, half a day with the health visitor on
specially selected visits, including a first visit to a new baby, a
toddler, an old person, a moderate problem family, and a
hospital follow-up and after-care case. The students also
attended at infant welfare centres, minor ailments clinics, and
medical and hygiene inspections in schools.
(e) I gave a series of four lectures to Final Year Connaught
student nurses on "The social aspects of Disease". The
lectures were attended by twenty students.
(f) This year a programme was arranged for four Persian
students from Dr. Barnardo's Homes and visits to clinics,
welfare centres and schools organised.
(g) A number of student teachers spent some time
observing the various branches of the work of the health
visitor. The periods ranged from one day to four days."
HOME NURSING
(Section 25)
Miss N. Chadwick, S.R.N., S.C.M., H.V. Cert., Superintendent
of the District Nurses' Training Home, reports as follows:—
"Staff at 31st December, 1958 was as follows:—
1 Superintendent ; Queen's S.R.N., S.C.M., H.V. Cert.
1 Asst. Superintendent ; S.R.N., S.C.M., Q.N.
8 Full-time Queen's S.R.N., S.C.M.
4 „ „ S.R.N., S.C.M.
6 „ „ S.R.N.
2 „ „ S.R.N. Queen's (Male).
2 „ „ S.R.N. Queen's Nurse.
1 Part-time S.R.N.
1 Full-time S.C.M.
4 Part-time S.E.A.N.