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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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in progress provides the necessary 8 additional beds for the
doctors, matron and staff of 36 nurses and 31 maids without
any spare accommodation.
Additional Furniture required.—There has been taken
into stock at the Municipal Hospital all available stock at
Kingsbury Hospital including two cots. All the adult beds
necessary have been provided out of existing beds leaving
7 over, which have been transferred to Kingsbury.
The Health Committee at its meeting on the 4th December, 1917, approved the purchase from various firms of the following furniture for which estimates had been obtained.
| Cost. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d | |
| 10 Patients' Basket Chairs. | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 Small Easy Chairs | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| 15 Cushions for Chairs | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| 6 Nursing Chairs | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 Small Children's Chairs . | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 36 Lockers | 96 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 Writing Desk | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Writing Table | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 Writing Desk Chairs | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1 Book Case | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| 1 Book Shelf | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 Coal Scuttles | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 Fire Irons | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 Small Folding Tea Tables | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 Table | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| 6 Chairs | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 Settee | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 Small Bedroom Tables | 3 | 18 | 9 |
| 3 Dressing Chests | 25 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 Bedroom Chairs | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Carried forward | £259 | 1 | 0 |