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Brentford and Chiswick 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

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(10)
(12) Six Nurses (each half-time) Health Visitors.
(13)
(14)
(15) Nurse and Masseuse to
paedic Clinic (part-time)
(16) Clerk—Brentford Clinic (half-time) Clerk to Maternity and
Child Welfare Clinic.
(17) Clerk—Chiswick Clinic (half-time) Clerk to the Maternity an
Child Welfare Clinic.
(18) Clerk—School Medical Service
(whole-time)
(19) Female Assistant to Dental
Surgeon (whole-time)
(20) Female Assistant to Dental
Surgeon (whole-time)
(21) Female Short-hand Typist to
Dental Clinic (whole-time)
(22) Female Assistant Clerk to Dental
Clinic (whole-time)
*An Assistant Dental Surgeon was appointed as a wholetime
Officer for the School and Maternity and Child Welfare
Clinics in May, 1938.
Duties of Staff:—
The School Medical Officer undertakes Routine and Special
examinations, is Medical Officer to the Minor Ailment Clinics
and Anaesthetist to the Dental Clinic and until May 1938 was
Surgeon to the Ophthalmic Clinic.
The Assistant School Medical Officer shares all these duties
with the exception of those in connection with the Ophthalmic
Clinics.
A Consulting Surgeon from the Royal National Orthopaedic
Hospital attends the Orthopaedic Clinic once a month
and a Consulting Physician the Rheumatism Clinic once weekly.
A Consulting Surgeon has attended the Ophthalmic Clinic once
weekly since May, 1938.
The Dental Surgeon works for six sessions in the Chiswick
area and for three sessions in the Brentford area weekly. The
Assistant Dental Surgeons attended four sessions weekly at