| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/47/42 |
| Title | 'Health, Medical and Temperance - medical inspection during the war' |
| Date | 1941 - 1942 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Medical Women's Federation (MWF), NUWT members, the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and the Board of Education regarding medical inspection of children and of women recruits during the Second World War.
The correspondence covers:
MWF campaign, which NUWT took part in, calling for the option of medical inspection by female doctors for women serving in the Auxiliary Forces
Lack of representation of women doctors on Medical Boards
Composition of Medical Boards for the inspection of women recruits
Calls for increase in recruit of female doctors
MWF recommendation that the inspection of school children by nurses should not be terms 'medical inspection' as this term should be reserved for inspection by a doctor
Reports from NUWT members of the frequency and standard of medical inspection of children in the school they teach in
Proposals for the inspection of school children by nurses rather than doctors |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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