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 1963
[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 A.
| Types of staff | Location | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central office | Divisional offices and establishments (a) | Other establishments (b) | ||
| Administrative and clerical (including ambulance control clerks) | 260 | 657 | 79 | 996 |
| Medical officers (c) | 27 | 156 | - | 183 |
| Dental officers | 2 | 62 | - | 64 |
| Scientific branch staff | 53 | - | 23 | 76 |
| Inspectors | 15 | - | - | 15 |
| Medical auxiliaries (d) | 34 | 183 | 18 | 235 |
| Social worker grades (e) | 28 | 374 | 18 | 420 |
| Nursing and midwifery staff | 10 | 1,833 | 266 | 2,109 |
| Ambulance service operational staff | - | - | 851 | 851 |
| Manual workers, home helps, domestic grades, telephonists, etc | 14 | 3,395 | 17 | 3,426 |
| Totals | 443 | 6,660 | 1,272 | 8,375 |
(a) Including divisional health offices, home help offices, welfare centres, school treatment centres, training
centres for the mentally subnormal, etc.
(b) Including residential schools and nurseries, Welfare department homes, recuperative holiday homes,
ambulance stations, outfall works laboratories, central dental laboratory.
(c) There are 113 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 health social workers, welfare officers (chest clinics), social
workers (health services) etc., and workers in allied fields (e.g. home help organisers).
Appointments and retirements—The department suffered a great loss when Mr. D. J. B.
Cooper, Administrative Officer, died on 16 June. His place was taken by Mr. T. A. Wright,
formerly Establishment Officer. General responsibility for establishment work was combined
in the post, Mr. R. C. Coulter being given immediate responsibility for staff work as
Deputy Establishment Officer. Mr. G. M. Howes, Principal Clerk of Division B, was
promoted on II October to be an Assistant Clerk of the Council; he was succeeded by
Mr. N. B. Chapman whose former post as Divisional Administrative Officer, Division 3,
was filled by Mr. N. A. C. Bignell.
Dr. G. D. Pirrie, Principal Medical Officer (School Health) left the Council's service on
31 January to take up an appointment with the World Health Organisation, his place being
taken by Dr. R. E. C. Copithorne. Dr. G. O. Mitchell, Divisional Medical Officer, Division
5, retired on 22 September, and was succeeded by Dr. A. L. Thrower.
M iss O. K. Bowtell, Principal Mental Health Social Worker, retired on I July, her place
being taken by Miss P. M. Perrott.
Dr. Jessie Parfit, Psychiatrist, was re.designated on 11 April as Principal Medical Officer
(Child Psychiatry).
Mr. J. C. Minter, Divisional Administrative Officer, Division 4, retired on 31 July,
his place being taken by Mr. T. A. Maxwell, and Mr. L. J. Clark succeeded Mr. N. A.
Woodruff as Division Administrative Officer, Division 2, on the latter's transfer to be
Assistant Officer.in.Charge, London Ambulance Service.
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