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Redbridge 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 18
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE: STAFF AND SCHOOL CLINICS (As at 31st December, 1968)
1. STAFF OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE
Principal School Medical Officer — 1. Gordon, M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.P.(Lond.), D.P.H. Deputy Principal School Medical Officer — M.T. Fernandes, M.B., D.P.H., D.I.H., D.C.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 | |
|---|---|---|
| (a) Medical Officers (including the Principal School Medical Officer) - | ||
| (i) Whole-time School Health Service | — | — |
| (ii) Whole—time School Health Service and Local Health Service | 8 | 3.0 |
| (iii) General Practitioners working part-time in the School Health Service | 10 | 0.4 |
| (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) | 4 | 3.93 |
| (iii) Part—time School Health Service (including Orthodontists) | 4 | 1.56 |
| (iv) Dental surgery assistants | 7 | 6.23 |
| (v) Dental Auxiliary | 1 | 0.93 |
| (c) (i) Senior Speech Therapists | — | — |
| (ii) Speech Therapists | — | 4.6 |
| (iii) Assistant Speech Therapists | — | — |
| (d) (i) Audiometricians | — | — |
| (ii) Chiropodists (4 Full—time plus 6 Contractual) | 10 | .40 |
| (iii) Orthopaedic Nurses | — | — |
| (iv) Orthoptists | — | — |
| (v) Physiotherapists | 2 | 2 |
| (vi) Remedial Gymnasts | — | — |
| (vii) Occupational Therapists | 1 | 1 |
| (viii) Clinical Technicians employed on Audiometry and vision screening | 3 | 2 |
| (e) (i) Nurses | 47 | 13.8 |
| (ii) Number included at (i) who hold Health Visitors Certificates | 37 | — |
| (iii) Nursing Assistants and Trainee Nurses | 1 | 1 |