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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

Wembley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Table: 4. An indication of the considerable growth in the work of the Department is shown by the necessary growth of the staff:—

4. An indication of the considerable growth in the work of the Department is shown by the necessary growth of the staff:—

Staff.Dec. Full time.1936. Part time.Dec. Full time.1946 Part time.
Medical Officers1467
Auxiliary staff:—
Speech Therapist———1
Physiotherapist—-—1
Dental Officers-15—
Dental Attendants--5—
Panel of Anajsthetists for Dental Sessions---5
Health Visitors8—18—
Ancillary staff——11—
Sanitary Inspectors5—6—
Ancillary staff5—9—
Nurseries personnel-—4913
Ancillarv domestic staff-—726
Ambulance personnel——17—
Clerical Officers6—21—
Totals25515453

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Full-time personnel — 154.
Professional, Technical and Ancillary. Clerical Administrative.
133 21
86% 14%
With the co-ordination throughout the five sections of the
Department it will Ibe noted that it has been possible to arrange
administration with only 14% of the full-time Officers being
clerical administrative while, in addition, of course, clerical
administrative duties fall upon these Officers with regard to the
53 part-time Officers detailed above.
5. During these ten years the most important addition to the
responsibilities of the Department has been, of course, the assumption
of the School Health Services under the Education Act, 1944.
This service is now fully co-ordinated with the other Health
Services of the Council. The Day Nursery Service is also a new
one, as was the assumption by the Department of responsibility
for the Ambulance Service. Under the Rats and Mice Destruction
Act, complete delegation from the County Council increased
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