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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1909
Annual report for 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The amount received in rents was 97.3 per cent, of the gross rentals,
as against 96-7 per cent, in the previous year. The empties amounted to
£1 19s. 6d. or 0.26 per cent, of the gross rental, as against 0.7 per cent,
in the previous year. The general charges amounted £213 18s., or 27-8
per cent, of the gross rentals, as against 30 3 per cent, in the previous
year. The deficit on the year's working was £57 16s., as against a
surplus of £15 18s. 8d. in the previous year, when the tax retained on
interest on loans (1905-8) amounted to £28 4s. 10d., and other receipts to
£30 10s. The total sum expended on capital account amounts to
£11,242, and the loans outstanding to £10,747.
During the year Pond House was fully occupied. Six tenants
voluntarily terminated their tenancies.
Four births (2 boys, 2 girls) were registered during the year. Two
deaths occurred, namely :—Male, 59 years: cause of death, bronchopneumonia
; Male, 4 months : cause of death, premature birth, marasmus.
There were no cases of infectious disease notified amongst the occupants.
| Expenditure. | Income. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | Gross Rents | £ | s. | d. | |
| General Charges | 528 | 7 | 8 | 1,469 | 6 | 0 | |
| Interest on and Repay ment of Loans | 924 | 12 | 5 | Less Empties | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Surplus on Year's Working ... | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1,467 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tax Retained on Interest on Loans | 28 | 10 | 7 | ||||
| Other Receipts | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| £1,500 | 0 | 1 | £1,500 | 0 | 1 | ||
The amount received in rents was 99'9 per cent, of the gross rental,
which is the same as in the four previous years. The empties and bad
debts amounted to 0'14 per cent, of the gross rental, the same as in the
previous year. The general charges amounted to £528 7s. 8d., or 36 per
cent, of the gross rental, as against 34-8 per cent, in the previous year.
There was a surplus on the year's working of £47, as compared with a
surplus in the previous year of £57 19s., when the tax retained on
interest on loans (1905-8) amounted to £120 6s. 7d. The total sum
expended on capital account amounts to £18,635, and the loans outstanding
amount to £16,106.
During the year 15 tenants voluntarily terminated their tenancies. The
Dwellings have been fully occupied during the year-
Vital Statistics.—During 1909, 8 births (5 boys, 3 girls) were
registered in the Dwellings, equivalent to a birth-rate of 22.7 per 1,000.
Eleven deaths were registered during the year, equivalent to a death-rate
of 31-5 per 1,000.