§ Mr. K. Lewisasked the Minister of Health how many personal secretaries, typists and machine operators were employed by boards of governors and hospital management committees in May, 1959, and May, 1961.
§ Miss PittPrior to 1959 these categories of staff were not separately graded and during that year re-grading was in progress. The numbers at 30th June, 1960, were as follows:
Whole-time Part-time Personal Secretaries 2,872 168 Typists, including Shorthand Typists 5,627 859 Machine Operators 524 17 The figures for 30th June, 1961, are not yet available.