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Redbridge 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 19
SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE: STAFF AND SCHOOL CLINICS (As at 31st December, 1969)
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. Femandes, M.B., D.P.H., D.I.H., D.C.H. Principal Medical Officer - W. H. Toms, M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.)
Principal School Dental Officer - E. V. Haigh, L.D.S., R.C.S.
| 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 | 2.8 |
| (iii) General Practitioners working part-time in the School Health Service | 11 | .7 |
| (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 | 3.5 |
| (iii) Part-time School Health Service (including Orthodontists) ... | 5 | 1.9 |
| (iv) Dental surgery assistants | 7 | 7.0 |
| (v) Dental Auxiliary | 1 | 6 |
| (c) (i) Senior Speech Therapists | _ | - |
| (ii) Speech Therapists | 3 | 2.6 |
| (iii) Assistant Speech Therapists | - | — |
| (d) (i) Audiometricians | — | - |
| (ii) Chiropodists (4 Full-time plus 9 Contractual) | 13 | .4 |
| (iii) Orthopaedic Nurses | - | — |
| (iv) Orthoptists | - | — |
| (v) Physiotherapists | 3 | 2.4 |
| (vi) Remedial Gymnasts | - | — |
| (vii) Occupational Therapists | 1 | 1.0 |
| (viii) Clinical Technicians employed on Audiometry and vision screening | 3 | 2.0 |
| (e) (i) Nurses | 48 | 13.4 |
| (ii) Number included at (i) Who hold Health Visitors Certificates | 35 | 7.0 |
| (iii) Nursing Assistants and Trainee Nurses | — | - |