London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| 7. | Contributions to external bodies (e.g., Hospitals, Infirmaries, Nursing Associations) | |||
| 8. | Cost of conveyance of children to centres for examination or treatment | |||
| 9. | Provision of premises, including payments in respect of loans | 165 | 15 | 3 |
| 10. | Maintenance of premises (e.g., rent, rates, heating, lighting, cleaning, upkeep of furniture) | 141 | 0 | 11 |
| 11. | Any expenditure not included in 1—10 above | 12 | 18 | 5 |
| Total | 2,301 | 12 | 1 | |
| Total amount paid by, or recovered from, parents | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Net Total | £2,300 | 6 | 10 |
The whole of the items of the foregoing statement,
with the exception of £84 7s. 8d., were taken into account
by the Board of Education, and a grant of £997 3s. 7d.,
assessed at the rate of 45 per cent. of the expenditure, was
made. The £84 7s. 8d. was not allowed as repayment of
half the salary of the School Medical Officer had been
obtained from other sources, and the deduction of five per
cent. was made for the following reasons, as stated in the
Board's letter to the Authority of the 11th May, 1915:—
1. During the greater part of the year in question the
part-time system of Medical Inspection was in operation,
as the whole-time Assistant Medical Officers did not take up
their duties until March, 1914,