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MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
A summary is given below of medical examinations carried out
by the Department's Medical Officers during 1968, mainly in
respect of superannuation and sickness schemes.
Superannuation.
Staff
No. of Examinees found to be fit 355
No. of Examinees found to be unfit 9
Employees
No. of Examinees found to be fit 206
No. of Examinees found to be unfit 2
Sickness
No. Examined after prolonged sickness or at
request of a Chief Officer 317
Other Examinations
Carried out by the Council's M.O.s:—
On behalf of the London Boroughs Join Computer
Committee 12
On behalf of other Local Authorities 9
No. examined for entry in Register of Disabled
Persons 20
Carried out by other Local A uthorities:—
On behalf of London Borough of Greenwich 15
Medical Assessments—Housing
Under the Council's Rehousing Scheme, if an applicant's case
is supported on medical or sociological grounds, a certain degree
of priority is afforded.
During the current year, some 1,435 cases for re-housing or
transfer were reviewed and medically assessed by the Associate
Medical Officer of Health. A high proportion of these applications
were subject to up-to-date reports from the Public Health
Inspectors and Social Workers in order that the degree of priority
should be fairly allocated.
In five instances it was necessary for the Medical Officer to
make a domiciliary visit to enable the appropriate assessment to
be made.
DEPARTMENTAL TRANSPORT
During 1968 the Department took delivery of eight new vehicles,
two to augment the fleet, and six to replace vehicles proving
uneconomical to repair, bringing the total vehicle strength to
fifty-two.