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West Ham 1937

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

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Dagenham Sanatorium.
Matron: Miss M. Duguid. Steward: H. Bromley,
1 assistant matron and sister tutor; i night sister; 2 day sisters;
1 nurse housekeeper; 5 staff nurses; 2 assistant staff nurses; 15
probationers; 1 steward's clerk; 1 lodge attendant; 6 ward
orderlies (female); 1 engineer; 1 engineer's mate; 1 caretaker;
1 handyman; 5 porters; 1 night watchman; 1 gardener; 1 assistant
gardener; 1 cook; 1 assistant cook; 1 head laundress; 5
laundry maids; 1 sempstress; 21 maids.
Langdon Hill Sanatorium.
Matron: Miss P. M. Noble. Steward: H. Bromley.
1 senior sister; 1 staff nurse; 7 probationers; 2 teachers; 1 cook;
7 maids; 1 sempstress; 1 head gardener and caretaker; 1 motor
driver and porter; 1 handyman and porter; 2 assistant gardeners;
1 night watchman.
Whipps Cross Hospital.
Matron: Miss E. Downs. Steward: B. S. Lawrence.
1 assistant matron; 1 radiographer; 1 assistant radiographer;
1 dispenser; 1 assistant dispenser; 1 tutor sister; 1 assistant tutor
sister; 3 massage sisters; 3 night sisters; 1 home sister; 1 assistant
home sister; 26 ward sisters; 35 staff nurses; 113 probationers;
7 private nurses; 3 male nurses; 1 masseur; 2 male head
attendants; 11 attendants; 10 dressmakers; 2 male cooks; 1 female
cook; 1 head laundress; 1 assistant laundress; 32 laundry maids;
4 laundry men; 141 maids and orderlies; 34 part-time orderlies;
2 male cleaners; 1 foreman porter; 38 porters; 9 ambulance
drivers; 1 barber; 1 deputy steward; 1 medical superintendent's
clerk; 7 male clerks; 2 female clerks.
Forest Cate Hospital.
Matron: Mrs. E. M. Usherwood. Steward: E. J. Miles.
1 assistant matron; 1 home sister; 2 night sisters; 7 ward sisters;
5 midwifery sisters; 8 pupils; 109 assistant nurses; 16 male
attendants; '5 handicraft instructresses; 2 cooks; 2 assistant
cooks; 5 kitchen maids; 3 scullery maids; 1 matron's maid; 1
doctor's maid; 1 assistant steward; 4 steward's clerks; 1 medical
superintendent's clerk; 42 cleaners.
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