London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
| 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. | 4. | 7 | 55.04 | 127. | 16. | 4 | 3. | 9. | 1 | 44.96 |
| 1949 | 55 | 445. | 2. | 6 | 8. | 1. | 10 | 291. | 5. | 0 | 5. | 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 |
| 1953 | 78 | 670. | 14. | 9 | 8. | 12. | 0 | 652. | 1. | 0 | 8. | 7. | 2 | 97.16 | 18. | 13. | 9 | 0. | 4. | 10 | 2.84 |
| 1954 | 74 | 580. | 0. | 9 | 7. | 16. | 9 | 529. | 12. | 8 | 7. | 3. | 2 | 91.31 | 50. | 8. | 1 | 0. | 13. | 7 | 8.69 |
| Full period | 491 | 4,060. | 1. | 5 | 8. | 5. | 4 | 3,559. | 4. | 6 | 7. | 4. | 11 | 87.66 | 500. | 16. | 11 | 1. | 0. | 5 | 12.34 |