Report to the Minister of Health by the Departmental Committee on Qualifications, Recruitment, Training and Promotion of Local Government Officers.
- Great Britain. Committee on Local Government Officers.
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report to the Minister of Health by the Departmental Committee on Qualifications, Recruitment, Training and Promotion of Local Government Officers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![appointment, methods of recruitment and conditions of service of officers vary from district to district. Local authorities have not so far thought it necessary to set up common standards of qualifica- tion or to devise general rules of entry to their service. There are, it is true, three Provincial Whitley Councils in operation, the London District Council (17 local authorities), the Lancashire and Cheshire Provincial Council (184 local authorities), and the West Riding Joint Council (95 local authorities), each of which recommends to its constituent members certain rules to be observed in the recruit- ment and management of officers; and these three Councils have informed us that their recommendations have been accepted by a large number of their members. The Councils account, however, for a small proportion of the total number of local authorities, and the Standing Conference of Joint Councils report that the Whitley Council movement is not making progress. 19. The absence of uniformity in regard to the recruit- ment, etc., of officers is due partly to the wide differences to be found between the needs of local authorities. A large authority may require several hundreds of officers; a small one perhaps not more than ten.* It is important to keep this in mind. Officers bearing the same titles may have very different responsibilities according to the functions of their respective authorities. Methods of recruitment which may be desirable in the larger offices may not be practicable where few officers are employed. The small authori- ties necessarily offer a more limited prospect than the medium- sized and large; they can allow little specialisation ; in many cases they cannot afford to employ the whole-time services of profes- sional officers. The local Government Act of 1929 provides for a general review by county counrils of all the districts in their * This table shows the distribution of population between local govern- ment districts, and indicates the range of local authorities. It must be remembered, however, that the number of officers employed depends more on the functions of the authority than on the population of the district. Districts in England and Wales with populations of— . See eae eee @ |Ssleale cee Sele cea a. Districts of = lISSSBISSISCDSS/SclSSlog| x sees DWIIOAN SAOSIN! =A] 1901S S| O Local Authorities. 2 PS 6S ol olM ols ol ol oleae : Ne ™~ | _ a) ~ 3S _» ae are 3 |S ol 8 el 5 oS a) 8 ol So) Se) Geis sles Be OS SS Se Sh ri ee OG ase, OP HO ENS GT a RO Te Baie es Vices eS Counties LNs eta aaly Dy bea ae 9 4 fe es eens ee 62 County Boroughs 4 oleae: PS is te) 3;—/—|—|—|]—| 83 Metropolitan Boroughs | — ya ee 6 1 i ee ee | eatin (ee, 29 Other Boroughs —|— AV toe | B25) 52 1-40 1 Ge 1 | — | 256 Urban Districts — | — 4 8 100 |180 |192 |277 | 18 4 | 778 Rural Districts — | — | — 6 | 92 |228 |198 |109 3 6 | 642](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32170385_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
