Nursing and kindred services.

Date:
1938
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Nursing and kindred services. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) Having undergone practical training in the work and duties of Sanitary Inspector, by :— (i) having held office as surveyor, assistant surveyor, sanitary inspector, assistant sanitary inspector or health visitor to a Local Authority for at least one year, or (ii) having worked in a Public Health Department for a period of at least one year, with practical instruction for at least 300 working hours, in evidence of which a certificate must be submitted from a Medical Officer of Health. It is more aie for a woman to obtain this practical instruction than for a man, unless she is qualified as a health visitor, in which case, as indicated above, a year’s experience as a health visitor is accepted as the necessary practical experience, in a Public Health Department. Candidates for the certificate examination are required to have a practical as well as theoretical knowledge of the subjects of the syllabus, which include the inspection of various types of buildings, ventilation, warming, lighting, building construc- tion, meat and food inspection, drainage, sewage disposal, pre- vention of disease, disinfestation of premises, the provision of the various Acts, Orders and By-laws relating to the duties of sanitary inspectors, office routine, and statistics. The fee for examination is eight guineas. Certificates are not granted to successful candidates until they attain the age of 21 years. 57. In Scotland, Sanitary Inspector Certificates are granted by the Royal Sanitary Association of Scotland, which holds an Examination (fee five guineas) annually at Glasgow and Edin- burgh; but the regulations and conditions are practically the same as in England and Wales. 58. Cost of Training.—Tuition: fees for the various approved courses of lectures and demonstrations vary according to the Institution chosen and range from /1 5s. to six guineas. In view of the practical experience referred to in para. 56 (c) (ii) above, the total cost of training as a sanitary inspector will usually include that of qualifying as a health visitor. PROSPECTS 59. The qualified nurse has a wide and varied choice of employment. Among the various avenues open to her are appointments on the staff of a hospital; the Public Health Service; District Nursing; the State Services—including the Colonial Governments, the Navy, Army, Air Force and the Ministry of Pensions Nursing Services, and the Prison Service; private nursing at home or abroad. ZO
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