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SICKNESS ABSENCE MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS
Forty medical assessments were made in accordance with the schemes of
conditions of service relating to prolonged absence due to illness, and of these 29
were found incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of their present employment
by reason of permanent ill-health or infirmity of mind or body.
I wish once again to record my appreciation of the co-operation of Mr. C. D.
Moss, Staff Welfare Officer.
REMISSION OF PENSION
Contributory employees are subject to medical examination when they wish
on retirement to remit part of their pensions under the schemes of conditions of
service.
No such cases arose during the year.
TRAINING
The training of staff is a matter of major importance, not only to ensure that
administrative, professional, technical and clerical officers obtain at least basic
qualifications, but also to see that officers keep abreast of modern developments.
Facilities for training are offered by a large number of educational bodies up
and down the country, but we, in London, are particularly fortunate in that the
great majority of our needs are met in the area.
The Education Committee of the Greater London Whitley Council, of which
the borough council is a member, provides vocational courses of interest to local
government officers.
The borough council is also a member of the London Boroughs Training
Committee, which provides centrally organised opportunities for training which
develop and sustain the skills of workers in the Health, Welfare and Children's
Departments.
The London Borough of Enfield, through its Establishment Committee, set up
an Advisory Committee on Education, Training, and Qualifications of Local
Government Officers. The committee consists of representatives from each of the
main departments of the borough council. Dr. J. D. Russell represents the Health
Department.
The Advisory Committee meets regularly to consider and make recommendations
concerning applications by officers for approval to attend courses leading to
recognised qualifications.
Of the eight student public health inspectors undergoing training for the Public
Health Inspector's Diploma of the Public Health Inspectors' Education Board, five
were engaged on sandwich courses and three were day release students. These
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