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West Ham 1937

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

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Central Home.
Matron: Mrs. M. E. Lambert. Master: S. P. Lambert,
1 dispenser; 1 assistant dispenser; 1 assistant master; 2 assistant
matrons; 1 superintendent nurse; 1 assistant superintendent
nurse; 15 ward sisters; 167 assistant nurses ; 1 head female attendant;
1 female charge attendant; 23 female attendants; 1 head male
nurse; 2 male charge nurses; 54 male nurses; 1 head male
attendant; 14 attendants; 11 dressmakers; 6 male cooks; 5 female
cooks; 1 machinist; .1 head laundress; 1 assistant laundress; 34
laundry maids; 1 head laundryman; 6 laundrymen; 12 maids and
orderlies; 106 female cleaners; 3 porters; 1 lodge attendant; 2
motor drivers; 1 barber; 6 clerks.
Forest House.
Matron: Mrs. E. Rutherford. Master: R. L. Rutherford.
1 master's clerk; 1 head attendant; 1 charge sick attendant; 12
male attendants; 7 female attendants; 3 machinists; 2 cooks; 13
cleaners; 1 barber.
Harold Wood Hospital.
Matron: Miss L. M. Mackie.
6 ward sisters; 3 staff nurses; 36 assistant nurses; 5 male nurses,
2 dressmakers; 1 acting steward; 1 clerk; 2 female cooks; 1 head
laundress; 4 laundry maids; 1 laundryman; 24 maids and orderlies;
6 porters; 1 barber.
South Ockendon Colony.
Matron-Superintendent: Miss W. S. Butler.
1 female clerk; 2 female charge nurses; 2 deputy female charge
nurses; 9 assistant nurses; 1 head male nurse; 1 deputy head male
nurse; 7 male nurses; 1 female cook; 3 housemaids; 2 kitchenmaids
; 1 sempstress; 1 assistant sempstress; 3 porters; 1 handyman.
District Nurses (Public Assistance):
Miss E. Gunn Miss E. Hayes
Mortuary keeper: E. Heisterman.
Assistant sampler: F. Johnson.
Disinfectors:
B. Lyons E. Hesselwood
H- Howe F. Nottage
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