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West Ham 1936

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

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School Nursing Staff .
Miss D. S. Ayton Miss E. Large
Miss H. Bredin Miss A. K. McCormack
Miss H. E. Bredin Mrs. M. Mace
Miss A. Burrows Miss I. B. B. Mann
Miss E. M. Bussell Miss L. F. Manning
Miss A. J. Costain (Retired Nov., 1936)
Miss M. A. Costain Miss M. H. Rose
M iss M. M. Empson Miss A. Sheehan
Miss L. C. Glover Miss E. R. Tanner
Mrs. C. B. Halls Miss M. E. Tanner
Miss E. D. Harris Miss E. Taylor
Miss C. E. Hutton Miss M. A. Van Ryssen
Miss E. K. Jack Miss D. Wright.
Miss E. Fraser (Knox Road & Mrs. S. Wilderspin (Grange
Crosby Road Special Schools) Road Special School)
(Retired Dec., 1936)
Miss F. G. Hobbs (Special Enquiry Nurse)
Nursing Staff, Fyfield Residential Open-air School:
Miss W. M. Barnes, Matron.
Miss M. James, Nurse.
Miss R. Aylott, Matron's Help
(2) Co-ordination of Departments.
The arrangements for securing the close correlation 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.
I he 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 cases referred to
him by the Assistant School Medical Officers of school children
who have been sent away for Institutional treatment.
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