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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Staff of the
department
The following statement shows the number of staff employed in the Public Health Department in December, 1951 (part-time staff being expressed as whole-time equivalents).
| Type of staff | Location | Staff Employed at other establishments (a) | Total 1951 | Total 1950 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head office staff | Divisional staff | ||||
| Administrative and clerical (including ambulance control clerks) | 197 | 592 | 73 | 862 | 887 |
| Medical staff | 18 | 178 | (b) | 196 | 186 |
| Dental staff | 2 | 44 | (c) | 46 | 48 |
| Chemists | 16 | — | 7 | 23 | 23 |
| Inspectors | 15 | — | — | 15 | 15 |
| Nursing staff | 9 | 2,306 | 339 | 2,654 | 2,773 |
| Medical auxiliaries (d) | — | 121 | 19 | 140 | 132 |
| Social worker grades (including mental health) | 30 | 153 | 76 | 259 | 248 |
| Supervisory staff (London Ambulance Service) | 3 | — | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| Manual workers, operative staff (L.A.S.), domestic grades, etc. | 5 | 2,340 | 736 | 3,081 | 2,914 |
| Totals | 295 | 5,734 | 1,264 | 7,293 | 7,243 |
(a) Those establishments include residential schools and nurseries, welfare establishments, ambulance
stations, occupation centres for mentally defective children, main drainage, outfall works, clinics and
dispensaries, district offices (mental health), central dental laboratory, etc.
(b) There are 66 visiting medical officers employed at residential establishments on a part-time
basis whom it is not possible to compute in terms of whole-time units of staff. They have, therefore, been
omitted from the table.
(c) There are 6 visiting dental surgeons employed in a similar manner as the medical staff referred to
in note (b) above who have been omitted from the statement.
(d) Including physiotherapists, chiropodists, speech therapists, orthoptists, dental attendants and
dental hygienists.
FINANCE
The total capital expenditure on the health services of the Council in the year ended Capitol
31st March, 1951 was £254,489 of which by far the largest amount was spent on the
purchase of ambulances. This was part of a replacement programme expected to
cost £280,000 in all. £47,065 was almost entirely in respect of the health centre and
day nursery at Woodberry Down, estimated to cost in total £163,000.
Details of the year's capital expenditure were as follows:—
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Ambulances | 126,422 |
| Children's Holiday Home, Littlehampton | 1,392 |
| Day nurseries—acquisition and adaptations | 77,538 |
| Health centre | 47,065 |
| Maternity and child welfare centres—acquisition and adaptations | 2,050 |
| Divisional health offices | 22 |
| 254,489 |