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With the increasing amount of propaganda being pursued,
there is, in my opinion, urgent need for closer co-operation
between the various Societies and Authorities concerned in
order to prevent overlapping and undue prominence being
given to one or other particular phase.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
There is no municipal arrangement for professional nursing
in the homes. There are, however, several voluntary
Associations employing a large staff of efficient nurses who
carry out invaluable work in nursing the necessitous in their
homes. As mentioned elsewhere, the co-operation between
these Societies and the Local Authority is of the closest
possible nature, both in respect to home nursing and health
visiting. The Forest Gate section of this Borough is supplied
with home-nurses by the Essex County Nursing Association
from their branch in Beechcroft Road, Leytonstone.. The
Silvertown area is similarly supplied through the Tate Nurses
(Queen's Nurses), Nurses Home, Saville Road, Silvertown.
By far the largest amount of nursing in the homes, however,
is carried out by the Plaistow Maternity Charity, who serve all
local areas.
Co-Operation.
The matter set out in the various sections of this report is
sufficient to indicate that there is close and friendly co-operation
between this department and the ancillary Health Services
(both private and public) in the Borough, and this remark
applies also to many Hospitals and other medical organizations
outside the Borough; nor is this co-operation confined to
direct Health organizations. There is, however, one weak
link in the chain, viz., that though the co-operation between
H.M. Inspector of Factories and the Medical Officer of Health
is complete, there is a regrettable lack of any co-operation between
this department and the Factory Medical Service (which
is supervised by the Home Office and not by the Ministry of
Health). This lack of co-operation on the part of the Factory
Medical Service extends likewise to the School Medical Service,
and is all the more regrettable seeing that there are so many
Factories in the Borough which cmploy a very large number
younc: persons (particularly girls) almost as soon as they
leave school.