Hygiene nurse

From our discussion with the New Zealand Army Nursing Service charge sister at the camp hospital, we are confident that with the reduction in the number of children, the position of hygiene nurse is not a fulltime job. The number of hospital nursing aides is shortly to be reduced by one, and we consider that the position of hygiene nurse should be eliminated and the present occupant employed in the hospital. She would automatically take some of her work page 308with her, such as the organisation of medical parades and the maintenance of personal medical records, but the work of personal hygiene supervision should be assumed by the dormitory supervisors and house mistress.

While the total number of Polish staff employed in the camp appears to be high for the number of Poles living in the camp (ie, 384 children and 108 adults, including staff), it must be remembered that with the exception of bed linen which is washed by outside contractors, a complete domestic service is provided. Furthermore, the work involved for such a large number of children is much heavier than it would be for a corresponding number of adults, and when each separate service is examined, an entirely different picture of personnel strength is presented.