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Mr. L. R. Craig and Mr. E. G. Harris were appointed to the
Council's staff as General Division Clerks in June.
On 5th July, 1948, the following members of the staff were
transferred to the London County Council in accordance with the
provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946.
Administrative and Clerical : Miss W. M. Godwin, Miss U. M.
King, Miss B. L. Newman, Miss M. .J. Graham, Mrs. M. A. Ellwood,
Miss J. A. Young, Miss M. L. Baptie, Mrs. E. Elston, Mrs.
M. E. Porcher, Mr. C. E. Gessner, Mr. E. S. Regan, Mr. R. E.
Parker, Mr. A. K. Gale, Mr. A. D. Briggs, Mr. C. L. Taylor, Mr.
F. E. Pyne, Mr. A. Douglass, Mr. L. R. Craig.
Health Visitors : Miss E E. K. Woods, Miss N. Hancocks,
Miss M. Dean, Miss G. Nea'll, Miss D. M. Staniland, Miss H. M.
McCarthy, Miss G. Smith, Miss K. Kenion, Miss R. Jones, Miss.
M. Savage, Miss E. M. Wilkinson, Miss E. A. Evans, Miss E. E.
Chesworth, Miss K. M. Evans, Miss S. Connor, Miss J. Harris,
Miss C. Crump, Miss D. M. Ereeman, Mrs. O. M. Filewod, Miss
M. E. Price, Mrs. M. D. Prevot, Miss A. Thompson, Miss R. M.
Watling, Miss M. C. Kailey.
The following members of the staff were transferred to the
South West Regional Hospital Board on 5th July under the provisions
of the same Act :
Tuberculosis Officers : Dr. J. J. MacDonnell, Dr. L. A. S.
Trott.
Clerical Staff : Mr. L. L. Parrini, Miss H. G. Wright, Mrs. J.
Scobell, Miss E. Giles, Miss J. Hewitt.
The clerical establishment was revised in November and the
Misses S. O. Spicer and M. D. Shufflebotham and Messrs. J. A.
Brown, J. E. Higgs, S. Taylor, N. Lane and C. F. Nargang were
placed on the permanent staff.
INFECTIVE DISEASE
There has been an increase in the amount of infective disease
during the year, the number of notifiable diseases having risen from
3,271 in the previous year to 4,563. Measles was responsible for this
increase, '2,668 cases being notified during the year, compared with
1,241 in 1947.