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West Ham 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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NURSING STAFF.
Miss O. S. Vincent (Matron, Fyfield Residential Open Air School)
Miss E. Adams. Miss M. James (Nurse, Fyfield
Miss E. Alford. Residential Open-Air School).
Miss D. S. Ayton. Miss E. Large.
Miss A. Burrows. Miss A. K. McCormack.
Miss E. M. Bussell. Miss M. Mackenzie.
Miss A. J. Costain. Miss I. B. B. Mann.
Miss M. M. Empson. Miss L. F. Manning.
Mrs. E. G. Eyton. Miss F. Moore.
Miss E. Fraser. Miss F. R. Pritchard.
Miss L. C. Glover. Miss M. H. Rose.
Mrs. C. B. Halls. Miss C. K. Starling.
Miss E. D. Harris. Miss E. R. Tanner.
Miss F. G. Hobbs. Miss M. E. Tanner.
Miss C. E. Hutton. Miss M. A. Van Ryssen.
Miss E. K. Jack. Mrs. S. Wilderspin.
(2) Co-ordination of Departments.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of Health,
and there is the closest co-operation between all the Departments
under his control.
(a) Co-ordination between the School Medical Service and
the Maternity and Child Welfare Department is secured by the
transfer of the Health Visitors' following-up cards to the School
Medical Department. These cards are allocated to the child's
School Medical Dossier when it becomes of school age, and so
are available for the School Medical Inspection at the first examination.
(b) Care of Debilitated Children requiring Convalescent
Treatment.—These children are brought to the notice of the Medical
Officer of Health by such voluntary agencies as the Invalid
and Crippled Children's Society, the Invalid Children's Aid Association,
and the various Hospitals. The examination of these
children is at present undertaken by Dr. Helen Campbell, the
Assistant Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare.
(c) The Bye-Laws Department daily notifies the Medical
Officer of Health of absentees from school on medical grounds.
(d) The Tuberculosis Officer is constantly in touch with the
School Medical Department, reporting on children referred to
him by the Assistant School Medical Officers, and who have been
sent away for Institutional treatment.
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