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Croydon 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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STAFF OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
The staff of tho Public Health Department on tho 31st December, 1939,
was as follows:-
Medical Staff.-
(a) Whole-time;-
Oscar M. Holden, M.D., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health, School Medical
Officer, and Medical Officer under the Mental Deficiency Acts, etc.
John T.R. Lewis, M.D., D.P.H., Deputy Medical Officer of Health form
I.I IS.O and Deputy School Medical Officer.(as from 1.1.1940)
D.D. Payne, M.D., B.S., D.P.H., Doputy Medical Officer of Health, Deputy
School Medical Officer and Medical Officer under the Mental
Deficiency Acts (to 31.13.19:59).
J.C.Mc.Millan, M.E., Ch.B., B.A.O., B.Sc., D.P.H., Assistant Medical
Officer of Health for Tuborculosis.
Rufus C. Thomas, M.R.C.S., L.R.O.P., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), M.C.O.G., Assistant
Medical Officer of Health for Obstetrics.
E.H. Harte, M.B., Ch.B., D.P., Assistant Medical Officer of Health and
Assistant School Medical Officer.
Gordon M. Hobbin, M.B., Ch.B., Assistant Medical Officer of Health Air
Raid Precautions (as from 27.8.1939)
Trie A. jenklu-lioyd, M.R.O.S, L.R.C.R. D.P.H., Assistant medical officer
of Health and Assistant School Medical Officer.
Aileen I. McMahon, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., Assistant Medical Officer
of Health and Assistant School Medical Officer.
Rosa Morrison, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Assistant Medical Officer of Health
and Assistant School Medical Officer.
J. Todesco, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., Resident Medical Superintendent,
Borough (Fever) Hospital.
R.C. Poyser, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Resident Medical Superintendent, Croydon
Borough Sanatorium.
(b) Part-time:-
H.W. Southgate, M.B., B.S., B.Sc., Pathologist.
J.S. Bookless, B.A., M.B., F.R.C.S.-Ophthalmic Surgeon (School Medical
Service).
Rota of 4 local medical practitioners for surgical treatment of tonsils
and adenoids.
Mayday Hospital.-
Arnold Cilray, M.B., Ch.B.(N.Z), Medical Superintendent
John Joseph Walsh, M.D., F.R.C.S (Eng.) Assistant Medical Superintendent.
John Ewart Edson, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P., M.Sc.,Assistant Medical Officer.
Arthur B. Higginson, M.B., Ch.B., Assistant Medical Officer of Health
for Obstotics.
Ralph Spencer M.B., Ch.B., B.Sc., Junior Resident Assistant Medical Officer.
Catherine F. O'Connor, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Assistant Bacteriologist and
Pathologist (Part-time)
Consultants to the Public Health Department.
Thomas Warwick Preston, M.D., M.R.C.P., Physician.
Ernest Marshall Cowell, D.3.O., M.D., F.R.C.S., Surgeon.,
Alan Herapath Todd, M.S., F.R.C.S, Orthopaedic Surgeon.
John Smeed Bookless, B.A., M.B., F.R.C.S, Ophthalmic Surgeon.
Archer Ryland, F.R.C.S., Ear,Nose and Throat Surgeon.
H.T. Southgate, M.B., B.S., B.Sc., Pathologist.
Visiting Radiologist, Mayday Hospital.-
David Low Greig, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.M.R.E.