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BOROUGH OF BARNES.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR
THE YEAR 1944.
PREFACE.
In view of the pressure of work in public health departments of
local authorities and the need for strict economy in the use of paper,
this Report, in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of
Health, has been confined to essential and urgent matters which have
affected the public health during the year.
Accordingly I have to make observations only under the headings
which follow.
STAFF.
During the year the Second Report of the Nurses' Salaries Committee,
under the Chairmanship of Lord Rushcliffe, was adopted in
respect of the health visitors employed in the borough.
There have been several changes in Staff during the year, the
names of those members actually remaining on the Staff at 31st December,
1944, are given on page 3.
The following alterations occurred during the year:—
Mr. W. L. Leach was appointed Additional Sanitary Inspector,
and took up duties on the 17th July, 1944, thus filling the vacancy
which had occurred when Mr. Street left the service of the
Corporation.
A new, joint appointment was made during 1944 in collaboration
with the Borough of Richmond—that of Social Welfare Worker.
This was done in accordance with the terms of Ministry of Health
Circular 2,866 as part of the scheme for the care of unmarried mothers
and illegitimate children. Miss H. Oliver was appointed to this
position and commenced duties on the 8th August, 1944.
On the 29th April, Miss M. Sharp, a member of the permanent
clerical staff, dealing with maternity and child-welfare matters, left
the services of the Corporation. Great difficulty was experienced in
obtaining suitable candidates for the position, and this has consequently
not been filled.
It is with regret I have to report that Miss H. Wheatley, who had
been employed in the Public Health Department as a temporary
shorthand-typist, since November, 1939, died on the 20th September.
Mrs. J. Scullard, a temporary clerk, resigned her appointment
towards the end of the year. The vacancy had not been filled by the
31st December.
Mrs. M. Gazzard was appointed a part-time shorthand-typist
on the 9th October, 1944.