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Kensington 1924

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924

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TABLE IX. PARTICULARS OF THE STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF 1924. (as required by Ministry of Health Circular 359).

Medical Officer of Health and Administrative Tuberculosis Officer.Year of Appointment
James Fenton, M.D., D.P.H.1920
Assistant Med
A. W. K. Picard, M.D.1922
Clerical Staff.
Edward R. Hill (Chief Clerk)1888
James H. Wilson1902
Horace A, Hillam1891
William Gascoyne1919
John C. Minter1917
John S. Russell1923
Donald J. Hunt1924
John S. Wheeler1924
Sanitary Inspectors.
*Henry Dawes (Senior Inspector)1893
•Nelson Males1897
•Charles G. Sexton1898
•Thomas Cutting1900
•James R. Bagshaw1901
•Edward J. Bennett1901
•George W. McQuinn1901
•Joseph H. Fowles1902
tjohn McDermid ..:1920
tHubert J. Green1922
^Leslie W. Burrell1923
IWilliam G. J. Sutton1924
Women Health Officers.
Miss E. Mackay1909
Miss F. C. Hargrave1910
Jt*Miss E. Dixon *1917
Mrs. E. E. Buck1918
J+*Miss W. H. E. Whitbread1920
t*Mrs. V. A. Ross1921
}t*Miss E. M. Law1922
Miss A. E. Haycock1922
J Miss E. E. Hamilton1924
Mortuary Keeper.
William Sutton ...1907
Disinfecting Staff.
Albert Nunn (Chief Disinfector)1906
William Cambridge1906
Frank Chillcott1906
George H. I. Harris1914
Alfred W. Newman1924
Medicinal Baths Staff.
Ernest McNie (Superintendent)1924
Mrs. R. Webber (Matron)1913
Rat Officer.
George Bridge1920
Drain Testing Assistant.
William Clancy1903

* Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute.
Examination Board.
† Certificate of the London Sanitary Inspectors
‡ Certified Midwife.
All the Women Health Officers have undergone 3 years General Hospital Training and have secured
the certificate of general nursing proficiency
Exchequer grants equal to half the salary paid are received by the Council in respect of the
Medical Officers, the Sanitary Inspectors, the Women Health Officers and Mr. Russell.