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STAFF
The following whole-time equivalent personnel comprise the establishment of
the Health Department.
Administrative, Professional and Technical Officers 392
Manual workers 320
712
The total of individual employees working in the interests of communal health
in the Health Department of the London Borough of Enfield is over 800 as many
of the manual workers, such as the home helps and convenience attendants, work
part-time.
A staff of this size must undergo many changes in the course of a year and
1967 was no exception.
Dr. M. Gilmour, Principal Medical Officer, School Health Service, retired on
31st December, 1967, after several months' absence through ill-health. Dr.
Gilmour's service extended over 20 years in Enfield, and parents, teachers and all
her colleagues wish her well in her retirement.
Our best wishes also go to Dr. M. Brown, Assistant Medical Officer, who
retired in August after 20 years' service in the area and who was replaced by Dr.
J. F. Cam bell whom we welcomed in September.
In the dental health service a great deal of fluctuation took place in the staffing
situation during the year. Three part-time dental officers and three dental surgery
assistants, two of them full-time, left the service, and it was some time before
replacements were appointed to fill these vacancies.
At December 31st, the staff consisted of a full-time equivalent of eight dental
officers including orthodontists and 8.4 dental surgery assistants. The full establishment
consistent with a wholly satisfactory service is 11 dental officers.
The importance of the services of a dental surgery assistant to a dental officer
cannot be over-emphasised. The dentist is dependent upon her for making appointments,
making and receiving telephone calls, keeping records and making arrangements
for routine school inspections, etc.
Preparation for a school inspection involves a considerable amount of work
and it was here that the loss of three experienced assistants within a short time of
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