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The Education Officer from the Central Midwives Board visited the
patients' homes with the pupil midwives and afterwards met the training
midwives. A satisfactory report was submitted.
The establishment consists of sixteen midwives (including two parttime)
and excludes a Salvation Army Midwife who continues to practice
within the Borough. A Deputy Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives was
appointed in October, with dual responsibilities with the District Nurses
Service.
The following summarises work undertaken for the yeor:-

SECTION 24 - HEALTH VISITING
Staff At the end of the year there were 33 Health Visitors (including 6
Part-time) and 9 (including 2 Part-time) State Registered Nurses employed
in the Borough, in addition to the Superintendent and Deputy
Superintendent Health Visitors. The table in Appendix 13 shows the
number and type of visits made.
MissJ. Oliver, Superintendent Health Visitor, reports:-
Once again Health Visitor colleagues have submitted such pleasing
reports on their activities that it leaves me little to say.
The introduction of the Guthrie Test this year for the detection of
phenylketonuria has made us busier, especially as our two local hospitals
started to participate and then stopped covering "this service on their
premises. V/e have, therefore, needed to fill a gap and have been helped
by our colleagues, the Midwives.