HC Deb 02 May 1923 vol 163 cc1426-8W
Mr. MAXTON

asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health the school population and the number of school medical officers, dentists, specialists, and nurses fully employed and part-time employed in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Argyllshire, Forfarshire, Lanarkshire, Dumbartonshire, Ayrshire, and Renfrewshire, respectively?

Captain ELLIOT

The following table which is based on the latest information available gives the particulars desired by the hon. Member:

SCOTLAND.
SCHOOL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
TABLE showing School Population (on roll) and Number of (a) Chief School Medical Officers; (b) School Medical Officers; (c) Dentists; (d) Specialists; (e) Nurses with number of hours per week worked by Part-time employés.
Administrative Area. School Population (on roll) 1922–23. Chief Administrative School Medical Officers. School Medical Officers. Dentists. Specialists. (a) Nurses.
Whole-time. Part-time. Whole-time. Part-time. Whole-time. Part-time. Whole-time. Part-time.
(b) (b) (b) (b)
No. Hrs. per week. No. Hrs. per week. No. Hrs. per week. No. Hrs. per week.
Glasgow … 197,361 2 10 3 18 2 3 9 Nil 8 17 *71 Nil —
Edinburgh … 64,599 1 5 Nil — Nil 6 37½ Nil 4 16½ 15 Nil —
Dundee … 29,350 1 3 Nil — Nil 2 4 Nil 3 6 7 Nil —
Argyll … 9,530 1 Nil 10 8 Nil Nil — Nil 3 5 1 39 78
Forfar … 16,099 1 1 Nil — 1 1 5 Nil 1 5 Nil 4 140
Dumbarton … 27,902 1 2 Nil — 3 1 4¾ Nil 6 36¾ 6 1 20
Lanark … 104,927 2 6 Nil — 4 Nil — Nil 7 17¾ 12 Nil —
Ayr … 51,059 1 3 Nil — 1 2 8 Nil 2 7 3 40 121
Renfrew … 53,506 2 2 Nil — 2 Nil — Nil 3 14½ †13 Nil —
Scotland … 867,578 38 44 §44 103 23 43 166½ Nil ║¶76 199 ‡150 264 1,274
(a) Excluding whole-time "Special School" Nurses except where these are shown in the footnotes.
(b) Partly estimated.
* Includes 25 "Special School" Nurses.
† Includes 1 "Special School" Nurse.
‡ Includes 26 "Special School" Nurses in Glasgow and Renfrew.
§ Excludes Clackmannan County, where Local Practitioners act as Part-time Medical Officers.
║ Excludes Bute County, Dumfries County, Kincardine County, Nairn County (cases treated as they arise in these areas).
¶ Excludes Shetland County. Local Practitioners act as Specialists.