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Battersea 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Cost of Maternity Hospital.
I am indebted to the courtesy of the Borough Treasurer for
the following statement of the cost of the Home during the financial
year ended 31st March, 1933:—
Maternity Hospital, 1932—3.
Total beds (excluding cots, labour and isolation beds), 28;
total cases admitted and discharged during year, 545; average
number of beds occupied during the year, excluding cots, labour
and isolation beds, 21.7; number of weeks spent in Institution
by such patients, 1,063.
Statement* showing expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1933, in respect of the Maternity Hospital.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient. Week. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Salaries | Medical | 336 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| Nursing | 688 | 0 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Domestic and other | 606 | 0 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Provisions | 684 | 0 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 159 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Heating, Lighting and Water | 428 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Laundry | 375 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Structural | 249 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Miscellaneous items— | ||||||
| Telephones, Stationery, etc., and Sundries | 118 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Totals, excluding rates, insurance and loan charges | 3,773 | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Rates and Insurance | 66 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Loan Charges | 1,148 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Gross cost | 4,987 | 4 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Income | Pupil Midwives (including training grant) | 280 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| Patients' Payments | 2,461 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Other | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Net cost | 2,187 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
* This statement does not take into account the Government Grant.