Scatterty,+William


 * William Scatterty M.D.**



Married to Agnes Scatterty MBE. Father of Amy Elizabeth Scatterty RRC

Supplement to the London Gazette 10 July 1915: 2nd Northern General Hospital - William Scatterty M.D., to be Captain, whose services will be available on Mobilization. Dated 17th June 1915.

Supplement to the London Gazette 13 July 1916 - Army Medical Service: R.A.M.C. - The undermentioned are granted temp. rank whilst employed. at the Keighley War Hospital. 1st June 1916:-- As Maj. -- William Scatterty, M.D.

Supplement to the London Gazette 14 May 1917. - Army Medical Service: R.A.M.C. - The undermentioned temp. Majors to be Temp. Lt.-Cols. whilst employed. at the Hospitals stated. 1st May 1917:-- William Scatterty, M.D., Keighley War Hospital.

MARRIED FIFTY YEARS AGO - HEAD MASTER TO MEDICAL OFFICER - GOLDEN WEDDING AT KEIGHLEY - DR & MRS SCATTERTY Lieutenant-Colonel William Scatterty and Mrs Scatterty, of Highfield Lane, Keighley, on Sunday, celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding. They were married on 2nd July 1889, at Kenneth Mont, Aberdeenshire, of which they are both natives. As a young man Dr Scatterty studied at Aberdeen University for four years and took his Master of Arts degree. For three years he was a head master and then he continued studying at Aberdeen, this time for medicine. He took his M.B. and C.M. there. Dr Scatterty came to Keighley in 1886 as partner to Dr William Dobie, with whom he remained until 1900, and it was shortly after coming to Keighley that he took his M.D., his thesis being on the cause of lead poisoning from moorland water supplies. The subject of this paper arose in consequence of lead poisoning which had occurred in the district. APPOINTED IN 1892. In 1892 he was appointed Medical Officer for the Keighley Borough, a position he filled until 1928. He took his Diploma of Public Health at Leeds University. When Dr Scatterty retired from his position as medical Officer to Keighley he was apointed in a similar capacity in the Craven Combined District. This appointment was for three months and for 11 years the doctor has held this position with three or six monthly extensions. When the Hospital Board was formed in 1893 he was appooiunted Medical officer, and he continued in that capacity until two years ago. In a busy life Dr Scatterty has found time for only one hobby, and he has devoted himself to that with true Scottish tenacity. It was in 1886 on coming to Keighley that he started giving lectures in first-aid, and it was he who was responsible for the formation of the St John Ambulance Brigade in the town. His interest in the brigade - he is a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John - is still as keen as ever, and he is one of the oldest men in the country still associated with it, having given 53 years' continuous service. He is Commissioner for the Northern Area of the West Riding, which extends from Settle to York. He was also responsible for the formation of the "I" Bearer Company, which was attached to the Regular Army and went to France immediately on the outbreak of hostilites in 1914. WAR HOSPITAL WORK During the war the doctor was Commanding Officer at the War Hospital at Morton Banks and served there throughout the war. He also opened the auxiliary hospital at Spencer Street School, where Mrs Scatterty was appointed commandant. She recieved the M.B.E. for her war services. Miss Scatterty was a nurse at the War Hosptial for three years, and her work for the wounded soldiers was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War in 1917. Mrs Scatterty, like her husband, has always shown keen interest in the St John Ambulance Brigade, and she holds the office of Lady Corps Superintendent for the Keighley area and is commandant of the Keighley V.A.D. detachment, which she was instrumental in forming during the early part of the war. She has been interested in various local sports, being a chairman of the local Badminton club and at present she is interesting herself in National Service, being a member of the Joint Panel. SALARY FOR TOWN While Dr Scatterty was administrator at the War Hospital he was also drawing a salary as Medical Officer to the town, and his salary as medical officer was given for adapting rooms at Cornmill Bridge for use as a babies welcome for babies born in the poorer districts of the borough. In 1933 his great public service in the district received recognition when he was made a borough justice of the peace... Both Dr and Mrs Scatterty enjoy good health, and the doctor, who is in his eightieth year, is wonderfully active. The number of presents and messages of goodwill that the pair have received on the occasion of this happy event is eloquent testimony to the esteem in which they are held over a very wide area.
 * Keighley News report dated Saturday 8th July 1939:**