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CHAPTER V
ADMINISTRATION, STAFF.
During the year your Medical Officers of the Department undertook
the medical examinations of 62 actual or prospective staff and
provided a number of special reports to the various Committees of
the Council on matters of medical importance. This service secures
a medically sound personnel for all the activities of the Council and
enables special consideration to be given to any unusual incidence of
sickness, thereby saving expenditure and maintaining a standard of
efficiency difficult in the absence of such a service.
During the year the establishment of the Department remained
near to full complement, with the consequence that individual officers
could settle down to appointed duties without the need for relieving or
substituting. This has made it possible to contain the burden of
work which continues to be substantial and shows little sign of
decreasing.
I take the opportunity to express my contentment and satisfaction
at the way in which members of the staff have performed their duties
during this year, particularly on account of pressure of work but also
in view of the not inconsiderable anxiety which many of them felt
in relation to their personal position under the Reorganisation of
Local Government in London.
Finally, I should like to express my gratitude and thanks to all
members of the Council, particularly to the members of the Health
Committee, who have taken an interest in the work of the Department
and assisted our endeavours towards the health of Wembley.
I have the honour to be, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Your obedient servant,
E. GRUNDY,
Medical Officer of Health.
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