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Chiswick, and two at Brentford, before the whole-time Assistant
Dental Surgeon was appointed.
The School Nurses attend all Routine and Special Inspections
held by the School Medical Officer and Assistant School
Medical Officer, conduct frequent Hygiene Inspections at the
schools, undertake Home Visiting and perform nursing duties
in the Clinics. They attend the Dental Clinic at all anaesthetic
sessions.
Nurse Chitty undertakes all duties in connection with the
Hogarth Boys' School (Senior and Junior), the Hogarth Infants'
and Beverley Road Infants' Schools; Nurse Thompson with
the Belmont Group of Schools; Nurse Clarke with the Hogarth
Girls' (Senior and Junior) and the Chiswick Central Schools;
Nurse Jenkins with the Strand Group of Schools; Nurse
Catherwood with Ealing Road, Lionel Road, St. George's
St. Paul's and Clifden Road Infants' Schools; Nurse Broughton
with the Brentford Senior Schools and St. John's School and
Canal Boat Children's School.
Each Nurse is apportioned a district for Home Visiting,
corresponding as far as possible with the Schools she attends.
This visiting is carried out in conjunction with the duties as
Health Visitor.
Nursing duties in the Minor Ailment Clinics are shared by
the six Nurses. Nurse Catherwood attends the Ophthalmic
Clinic at Brentford and Nurse Thompson attended the Chiswick
Ophthalmic Clinic until May 1938 when the Clinic was transferred
to Brentford. Nurse Clarke attends the Rheumatism
Clinic. Also Nurse Catherwood is in charge of the Minor
Ailment Clinic at Lionel Road School and Nurse Thompson is
in nursing charge of the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic.
The Orthopaedic Nurse and Masseuse (from the Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital) attends the Orthopaedic Clinic
at Brentford each Monday and Thursday afternoon during the
school year.
2.—CO-ORDINATION.
A maximum of co-ordination has been aimed at by continuing
the policy of combining all the Medical and Nursing
services provided for the schools and the Maternity and Child
Welfare Clinics. The same personnel is used for both services,