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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
Willesden 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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head may have to be treated. This most often takes place
when the parents are unable for one reason or another to
take the necessary precautions against the spread of the
eruption.
As regards the financial side of the Clinic, the original outlay involved in preparing and setting the Clinic in working order was ;£175 4s. lid., made up as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical work, etc | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| Gas fittings, etc. | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Decorating, lavatory fittings, etc. | 14 | 13 | 6 |
| Furniture | 33 | 7 | 0½ |
| X-ray apparatus | 80 | 14 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous X-ray apparatus | 21 | 12 | 3 |
| Long white coat | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Sign board | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 0 | 9½ |
| £175 | 4 | 11 |
The maintenance expenditure up to 31st December, 1914, was as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary of Medical Officer | 41 | 13 | 4 |
| Salary of Nurse | 13 | 6 | 8 |
| Rent | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| Electricity | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| X-ray notices | 0 | 16 | 10 |
| White caps | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Coals | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ointments, crotan oil, etc | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Cleaning and washing linen | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 0 | 10 | 3½ |
| £78 | 13 | 6½ |