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STAFF
Chief Administrative Officer: S.N. Dance.
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer: E.J.A. Golding.
Senior Administrative Officers: A.K. Clark, D.P.A., S. Law, Miss D. Hamer, J. Humblestone.
Other staff establishment
Health visitors — group advisers (3), field work instructors (4), health visitors/school nurses (46),
tuberculosis health visitors (2), student health visitors (7); midwives (30); home nurses (45), nursing
auxiliaries (6); dental surgery assistants (12); health education technician (1); speech therapists (3);
senior orthoptist (1); audiology technicians (2); physiotherapist/remedial gymnast (1); chief chiropodist
(1),chiropodists (7); medical social worker (1).
Public health inspectors — specialists (3), district (16), student (6); technical assistants (7).
Senior administrative officer (1), administrative officers (7), senior clerical officers (3), clerical
officers (48), shorthand/audio typists (9), telephonists (2), administrative trainee (1).
Rodent control officer (1), rodent control assistants (3), sewermen (skilled) (6), disinfector/
convenience foreman (1), disinfector drivers (2), convenience attendants (75), driver/cleaners
conveniences (2), male cleaners conveniences (3), driver/handymen (3), porter/messenger (1), clinic /
caretaker/cleaners (9).
Health centre: Administrative officer (1), clerical assistant (1), caretaker (1), domestic staff (2).
The following whole time equivalent personnel comprised the establishment of the Health Department:
Administrative, Professional and Technical Officers 331
Manual Workers 103
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Several long-serving officers retired during the year including Mrs. P. Page (home nurse) after 24 years,
and Mrs. R. Rhodes (home nurse) after ten years. To all officers who retired during the year under
review I extend my thanks for their past services.
Officers resigning during the year included Dr. B. Cooper, Deputy Medical Officer of Health;
Miss Z. MacLaughlin, Superintendent Health Visitor; Mrs. C. Tubbs, Senior Nurse; Miss T. Bamford,
Health Education Officer; Mr. L. Hibbs, Specialist Public Health Inspector; Miss C. Calkin, Group
Adviser Health Visitor; and Miss Shipley, Speech Therapist.
With deep regret I have to record the death on the 12th November, of Dr. Wahab, the ophthalmic
specialist who attended Southbury Clinic, and on the 16th July of Mrs. G.M. Eyden, who held a
senior clerical post in the Department.
Medical assessment and examination
The London Borough of Enfield is a large employer of many categories of officers and manual
workers. There are approximately 9,000 persons in the employ of the borough.
Medical assessments undertaken by the Health Department for all departments of the Council
totalled 2,291.
Pre-employment medical assessments
Teachers It is a requirement of the Department of Education and Science that all intending teachers before
their entry into training colleges, and all teachers taking up their first teaching posts other than direct
from a training college, shall be subject to medical examination. Those medically fit in these circumstances
are admitted to a national superannuation scheme at the commencement of their careers.
Sixty teachers and 238 trainees were passed as fit and were admitted to the national scheme.
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