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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Division | Divisional Medical Officer | Divisional Administrative Officer | Divisional Nursing Officer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Violet I. Russell | L. Welsh | Mary Sidebotham |
| 2. | H. L. Oldershaw | H. J. Norton | Evelina Beattie |
| 3. | Bertha E. A. Sharpe | L. Wilkes | Catherine Walsh |
| 4. | S. King | J. C. Minter | Eileen M. Hazel |
| 5. | G. O. Mitchell | A. J. Cridland | Kathleen M. Roe |
| 6. | F. R. Waldron | L. R. T. Coward | Lilian Berry |
| 7. | H. D. Chalke | G. J. Newton | Flora E. Frederick |
| 8. | W. H. S. Wallace | W. H. C. Bishop | Bessie Thom |
| 9. | J. T. R. Lewis | F. E. Willson | Ethel E. K. Woods |
The following statement shows the number of staff employed in the Public Health Department in December, 1953 (part-time staff being expressed as whole-time equivalents).
| Type of staff | Location | Staff employed at other establishments (a) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head office staff | Divisional staff | |||
| Administrative and clerical (including ambulance control clerks) | 220 | 570 | 74 | 864 |
| Medical staff | 25 | 155 | 180 | |
| Dental staff | 2 | 72 | 74 | |
| Chemists | 20 | — | 6 | 26 |
| Inspectors | 14 | — | — | 14 |
| Nursing staff | 9 | 2,179 | 103 | 2,291 |
| Medical auxiliaries(c) | 18 | 144 | 13 | 175 |
| Social worker grades (including mental health) | 34 | 171 | 99 | 304 |
| Supervisory staff (ambulance service) | 3 | — | 15 | 18 |
| Manual workers, operative staff (ambulance service), domestic grades, etc. | 34 | 2,613 | 784 | 3,431 |
| Totals | 379 | 5,904 | 1,094 | 7,377 |
(a) These 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 82 visiting medical officers and 10 visiting dental 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) Including physiotherapists, chiropodists, speech therapists, play therapists, psychotherapists, dental attendants,
dental hygienists, dental technicians and apprentices.