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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
St Pancras 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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National Assistance Act, 1948. Section 50.
| Year | No. of burials | Gross cost | Reimbursement obtained | Net cost to Council | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts | Average per burial | Amounts | Average per burial | Percentage of initial outlay | Amounts | Average per burial | Percentage of gross cost | ||||||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||||||
| 1948 | 37 | 284 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 156 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 55.04 | 127 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 44.96 | ||
| 1949 | 55 | 445 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 291 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 65.43 | 153 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 34.57 | |
| 1950 | 84 | 699 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 668 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 95.6 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 1951 | 89 | 767 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 714 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 93.09 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.91 |
| 1952 | 74 | 612 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 546 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 89.21 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10.79 |
| Full period | 339 | 2,809 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2,377 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 84.63 | 431 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15.37 |