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West Ham 1934

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

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School Nursing Staff.
Miss E. Alford
(Retired July, 1934) Miss C. H. Jones
(Resigned February, 1934)
Miss D. S. Ayton Miss E. Large
Miss H. Bredin Miss A. K. McCormack
Miss A. Burrows Mrs. M. Mace
Miss E. M. Bussell Miss I. B. B. Mann
Miss A. J. Costain Miss L. F. Manning
Miss M. A. Costain Miss M. H. Rose
Miss M. M. Empson Miss A. Sheehan
Mrs. E. G. Eyton Miss E. R. Tanner
Miss L. C. Glover Miss M. E. Tanner
Mrs. C. B. Halls Miss E. Taylor
Miss E. D. Harris Miss M. A. Van Ryssen
Miss C. E. Hutton Miss D. Wright.
Miss E. K. Jack
Miss E. Fraser (Knox Road & Mrs. S. Wilderspin (Grange
Crosby Road Special Schools) Road Special School)
Miss F. G. Hobbs (Special Enquiry Nurse)
Nursing Staff, Fyfield Residential Open-air School
Miss W. M. Barnes, Matron.
Miss M. James, Nurse.
Miss D. M. Haynes, Matron's Help
(Resigned Dec., 1934).
(2) Co-ordination of Departments.
The arrangements for securing the close co-relation of the
School Medical Service with that of other Health Services in
West Ham are in complete accordance with the suggestions
made by the Board of Education.
The advantages of the unification of the Services are manifest
in the way of promoting economy and efficiency.
The School Medical Officer is also Medical Officer of Health,
and directs and supervises the work of a large School Medical
Staff.
The Bye-Laws Department daily notifies the Medical Officer
of Health of absentees from school on medical grounds.
The Tuberculosis Officer is constantly in touch with the
School Medical Department, reporting on children referred to
him by the Assistant School Medical Officers who have been sent
away for Institutional treatment.
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