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Redbridge 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 20
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE: STAFF AND SCHOOL CLINICS
(As at 31st December, 1966)
1. STAFF OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
Principal School Medical Officer
I. Gordon, M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.P.(Lond.).,D.P.H.
Deputy Principal School Medical Officer A. Shaw, M.B., B.S., D.P.H. Principal School Dental Officer E. V. Haigh, L.D.S., R.C.S. Principal Medical Officer W. H. Toms, M.B., Ch.B.(Edin).
| Number of Officers | Number in terms of full-time Officers employed | |
|---|---|---|
| (i) Whole-time School Health Service | — | - |
| (ii) Whole-time School Health Service and Local Health Service | 6 | 1.90 |
| (iii) General Practitioners working part-time in the School Health Service | 4 | 0.70 |
| (iv) Ophthalmic Specialists | — | — |
| (v) Other Consultants and Specialists | - | - |
| (b) Dental Officers (including the Principal School Dental Officer) | ||
| (i) Whole-time School Health Service | - | - |
| (ii) Whole-time School Health Service and Local Health Service (including Orthodontists) | 5 | 4.63 |
| (iii) Part-time School Health Service (including Orthodontists) | 4 | .82 |
| (iv) Dental surgery assistants | 8 | 7.44 |
| (c) (i) Senior Speech Therapists | - | - |
| (ii) Speech Therapists | 4 | 3.55 |
| (iii) Assistant Speech Therapists | - | - |
| - | - | |
| (ii) Chiropodists (5 Full time plus 7 Contractual) | 12 | .35 |
| (iii) Orthopaedic Nurses | - | - |
| (iv) Orthoptists | - | - |
| (v) Physiotherapists | 1 | 1 |
| (vi) Remedial Gymnasts | - | - |
| (vii) Occupational therapists | 1 | 1 |
| (viii) Clinical Technicians employed on Audiometry and vision screening | 3 | 2 |
| (e) (i) Nurses | 48 | 9.19 |
| (ii) No. included at (i) who hold Health Visitors' Certificates | 37 | - |
| (iii) Nursing Assistants and 'Trainee | 1 | 1 |