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Dr. A. K. Arnold, Deputy Director of Public Health and Deputy Medical Officer of Health, writes
"In the formation of the new Islington Health Department and subsequently in the planning and
introduction of new services, Dr. King proved himself a medical administrator of outstanding ability. His
depth of knowledge coupled with great foresight enabled him to plan new procedures well in advance of
national trends. He possessed that rare combination of talent and amiability and all sections of the staff
were happy to serve under him."
FRANK CLARK, B.A.
Joining the London County Council as a general grade
officer in the Education Department Mr. Clark, on promotion
to the major establishment, was transferred to the Public
Health Department which had been reorganised to take over
the hospital services from the Boards of Guardians and
Metropolitan Asylums Board under the Local Government
Act, 1929. He assisted in dealing with many aspects of the
consolidation of rates of pay and conditions of service and the
review of staff establishments in creating a unified hospital
service.
After the War, in which he served in the R.A.F. V.R. as
Station Adjutant in the Middle East with the rank of Flight
Lieutenant, Mr. Clark assumed administrative responsibility
for the domiciliary midwifery service at a time of heavy
pressure due to the rise in the post-war birth rate. This
responsibility subsequently extended to include the central
administrative control of the maternity and child welfare
services transferred to the London County Council under the
National Health Service Act, 1946.
Promotion to Divisional Administrative Officer for Health
Division No. 7 followed in 1955 and in August, 1964 he was
appointed Chief Administrative Officer to assist the Medical
Officer of Health in the planning and inauguration of the
administration of the health services for the London Borough of Islington.
Mr. Clark is an Honours Graduate and a Member of the Convocation of the University of London.
In his service for the London Borough, Mr. Clark proved himself to be an officer of exceptional ability
whose contribution to the establishment and development of the new Health Department cannot be
overstressed. He never spared himself in applying his talents to the many and varied problems which have
arisen. All who had the pleasure of working with Mr. Clark, I am sure, felt that they were losing a first-class
colleague whose help and cheerful, patient approach to his work would be greatly missed.
WILLIAM BARTLETT, F.R.S.H., M.A.P.H.I.
Following appointments at Stoke-on-Trent and Brighton, Mr. Bartlett was appointed as a District Public
Health Inspector by the former Islington Borough Council in August, 1930. During the following ten years,
he gained a detailed knowledge of the Borough and its public health problems. During the period 1940/41
he was seconded to the Ministry of Food as an Enforcement Officer and was commended by a Food
Control Committee for the extremely efficient and conscientious manner in which he performed his duties.
He was also Food Salvage Officer and Food Decontamination Officer. In October, 1941, Mr. Bartlett was
appointed as Senior Sanitary Inspector in charge of a specialised section of the inspectorate and in
February, 1947, was promoted to the position of Senior Sanitary Inspector in charge of the whole of the
Council's inspectorate; 1951 saw him redesignated as Chief Sanitary Inspector, a title to be changed by
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