Departmental names with their former names and dates of establishment, where known, in brackets:
D-AN City Analyst (formerly Chemists 1910 ex Police).
D-AP Architecture & Civic Design (1966). Formerly Architectural & Planning Department (1950); Architectural and Civic Design (1952).
D-AR City Archives (1964).
D-BG Building (1966). Formerly City Improvements (1895 - 1920); Housing (1920 - 1953); Housing and Works, (1953 - 1966.)
D-BW Baths and Wash-Houses (1910 ex Police).
D-CA City Assessor (1854).
D-CC City Chamberlain and Collector's Department (Collector's merged 1935).
D-CD Civil Defence (1940 ex Air Raid Precautions)
D-CEM Cemeteries and Crematoria
D-CF Housing Manager (1966, formerly City Factor, 1950: formerly City Improvements).
D-CH Children's (1948).
D-CL Cleansing.
D-ED Education (1929), inc. Transferred School Boards (1872); Education Authority (1918).
D-ES Estates (1963).
D-FI Fire (1910 ex Police).
D-GA Glasgow Airport (1964).
D-GE Gas and Electricity (1895 - 1948).
D-HE Health and Welfare (1950) incorporating Medical Officer of Health (1914) and Public Assistance (1929) and Sanitary Department.
D-HEW Welfare Section of the above department.
D-IB Information Bureau.
D-KH Kelvin Hall.
D-LB Libraries (1895).
D-LG Lighting (1910).
D-MAG Museums and Art Galleries (1897).
D-MK Markets (1895).
D-OM Organisation and Methods (1954).
D-OPW Office of Public Works: Master of Works and City Engineers. (Incorporating Highways, Bridges and Sewage Departments). The reports prior to 1905 are in the Police Department Printed Series.
D-PK Parks (1895).
D-PL Planning (1966).
D-PRO Probation (1930).
D-PS Printing and Stationery (1938).
D-RG Registrar of Births, etc. (1909).
D-SW Social Work Department.
D-TC Town Clerk's Department.
D-TEL Telephone (1901).
D-TR Transport (1930 formerly Tramways 1895).
D-VE Veterinary (ex Police 1910).
D-WA Water (1895).
D-WM Weights and Measures (1895) (later Trading Standards).