Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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(f) Midwives. The following are the midwives in the
employment of the County Council practising in the
district:-
Buckhurst Hill: Miss Hoy, 183, Buckhurst Way.
Chigwell: Miss Guise, 2, Puckeridge Cottages,
Vicarage Lane.
Mrs. Jones, 33, Manford Way.
Loughton: Miss Quill, 3(5, York Hill.
Application for admission to hospital for confinement
should be made to one of the Health Visitors or
at an Ante-Natal Clinic.
(g) and (h) Nursing in the Home and Home Helps:
The following district nurses are employed by District
Nursing Associations:
Buckhurst Hill: Miss F. Botell, 126, Queen's Road.
Chigwell: Miss F. E. R. Guise, 2, Puckeridge
Cottages, Vicarage Lane.
Loughton: Miss J. Gardnbr, 60, Algers Road.
The County Council employs Home Helps, but
the demand for this form of assistance far outruns the
supply and no progress can be made until more suitable
women are available. Application should be made to
one of the Health Visitors at an Ante-Natal Clinic.
(i) Hospitals: No change. Essex County Hospital,
Wanstead; St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping; Forest
Hospital, Buckhurst Hill.
(j) Child Life Protection: The County Council is
the authority under Section 206 of the Public Health
Act, 1936.
Any person who undertakes for reward the
nursing or maintenance of a child under the age of nine
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