London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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STAFF
The following statement shows the number of staff employed in the Public Health department at the end of the year (part-time staff are expressed as whole-time equivalents). The principal officers of the department at that date are shown in Appendix F.
| Types of staff | Location | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central office | Divisional offices and establishments (a) | Other establishments (b) | ||
| Administrative and clerical (including ambulance control clerks) | 232 | 640 | 78 | 950 |
| Medical officers (c) | 32 | 158 | — | 190 |
| Dental officers | 2 | 64 | — | 66 |
| Scientific branch staff | 34 | — | 18 | 52 |
| Inspectors | 14 | — | — | 14 |
| Medical auxiliaries (d) | 41 | 154 | 18 | 213 |
| Social worker grades (e) | 24 | 350 | 11 | 385 |
| Nursing and midwifery staff | 10 | 1,763 | 242 | 2,015 |
| Ambulance service operational staff | — | — | 857 | 857 |
| Manual workers, home helps, domestic grades, telephonists, etc. | 9 | 3,305 | 21 | 3,335 |
| Totals | 398 | 6,434 | 1,245 | 8,077 |
(a) Including divisional health offices, home help offices, welfare centres, school treatment centres, training
centres for the mentally sub-normal, etc.
(b) Including residential schools and nurseries, Welfare department homes, recuperative holiday homes,
ambulance stations, outfall works laboratories, central dental laboratory.
(c) There are 132 visiting medical officers employed at residential establishments on a part-time basis whom
it is not possible to compute in terms of whole-time staff. They have therefore been omitted from the table.
(d) Including physiotherapists, speech therapists, dental surgery assistants, dental technicians.
(e) Including psychiatric social workers, mental welfare officers, local tuberculosis care organisers, child
care organising staff, etc., and workers in allied fields (e.g. home help organisers).
Appointments and retirements—On 31 July, Mr. C. R. Geere, Administrative Officer
of the department since 1947, retired after 41 years' service, his place being taken by
Mr. D. J. B. Cooper, who had been Principal Clerk of Division B of the department.
Mr. G. M. Howes was appointed to the latter position on 2 October, on transfer from the
Clerk of the Council's department.
On 3 March, Mr. A. G. Hellman, Officer-in-Charge, London Ambulance Service,
retired on reaching the age of 65, his place being taken by Mr. F. A. Richardson, previously
Assistant Officer-in-Charge.
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates fit for appointment | 6,286 | 7,531 | 7,399 | 8,252 | 11,106 |
| Candidates unfit for permanent appointment | 285 | 401 | 343 | 250 | 560 |
| Referrals (ill-health) | 7,268 | 6,719 | 7,252 | 8,032 | 8,156 |
| Permanently unfit to carry out their ordinary duties | 245 | 323 | 331 | 418 | 641 |
| Advice given (without examination) | 1,378 | 1,621 | 1,595 | 1,034 | 1,386 |
| Eligibility for spouse pensions | 26 | 24 | 29 | 66 | 87 |
| Staff casualties | 240 | 315 | 309 | 289 | 863 |
| Candidates for out-county authorities | 65 | 100 | 111 | 84 | 121 |
| Candidates examined for the Council by out-county medical officers of health | 77 | 138 | 111 | 102 | 72 |