| Description Of Item | Form completed by doctors at the request of the SMSEC, which was set up by the Scottish Committee of the British Medical Association in order to manage shortages of doctors in wartime.
This form contains the following information:
Not Commissioned (Registration)
Qualifications: MB, CM, BSc Glas, DPH (Camb)
Address: 2 Ardgowan Square
City/Town: Greenock
Present work: General practitioner panel and non-panel. Medical Officer of Health Burgh of Greenock (pop 80,000). Tuberculosis Officer Burgh of Greenock. Medical Officer Greenock Post Office
Age in 1916: 43
Additional information: Scored out 'Lieut RAMC' and wrote 'part time military work' with additional comment 'on accoutn of the importance of my public duties the extent of my practice and the number of men already gone from this district I cannot at present agree to apply for whole time service. My special experience in either the department of Public Health or in surgery is available for part time military service |