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NURSING STAFF.
Miss E. R. Tanner.
Miss F. R. Pritchard.
Miss M. E. Tanner.
Miss A. Burrows.
Miss L. C. Glover.
Miss M. M. Empson.
Miss L. F. Manning.
Miss E. Alford.
Mrs. C. B. Halls.
Miss E. D. Harris.
Miss E. E. Kerbey.
Miss B. Downs.
Miss h.. K. Jack.
Miss M .T. Morrison.
Miss F. 1. F. Bateman.
Miss M .Mackenzie.
Miss C. E. Hutton.
Miss M. A. Van Ryssen.
Miss A. J. Costain.
Miss M. H. Rose.
Miss E. M. Bussell.
Miss C. Aitken.
Miss L. M. Pennington.
(2) Co-ordination.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of
Health, and there is the closest possible co-operation between
the various Departments under his control.
(a) Co-ordination between the School Medical Service and
the Maternity and Child Welfare work is effected by the
transfer of the Visiting Card used by the Health Visitors, and
on which the infant's previous record is made, to the School
Medical Department on the child attaining the age of 5 years
or being entered at a school.
(b) Nursery Schools.—There is one private Nursery
School in the Borough, but it is not supervised by the Local
Education Authority.
(c) Care of Debilitated Children under School Age.—
These are brought to the notice of the School Medical Officer
by such voluntary agencies as the Invalid and Crippled
Children's Society and the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
Hitherto the examination of these children has been carried
out by the Chief Assistant School Medical Officer, and various
lines of treatment, e.g., convalescence, surgical instruments,
hospital, or other forms of treatment recommended. This
work has recently been transferred to the Assistant Medical
Officer in the Maternity and Child Welfare Department.
(d) The Bye-Laws Department, through the Superintendent
of Visitors, notifies the Medical Officer of Health of daily absentees
from school on medical grounds. The Tuberculosis Officer