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The Home Nursing Service was provided under the same arrangements as in previous
years. The Essex County Council served the north of the Borough from the Lady Rayleigh
Training Home; and the Sllvertown and North Woolwich District Nursing Association covered
the narrow area to the south of the docks. In between, the Council operated its own
directly administered service. While the essentials are provided for, the Council's own
service was still working under the handicap imposed by the absence of adequate office
and residential accommodation. This had the effect of virtually limiting recruitment to
married nurses offering part-time services. It prevented the restoration of the evening
service and placed difficulties in the way of providing adequate cover for the week-ends.
It is gratifying to note that, at the end of the year, proposals to meet the needs were
under active consideration.
The demands for the Home Nursing Service are ever-increasing and it is greatly to
the credit of the existing staffs that they have been met so well under the circumstances.
The staff at Plaistow Maternity Hospital have willingly continued to help the
service by receiving and transmitting all telephone messages during the year and this has
been a very great help to all concerned.

SECTION 26 - VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION.
1. VACCINATION. The arrangements for vaccination are unchanged. Regular sessions are
held at the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics and general practitioners in the area
have also been given the opportunity of providing the service.