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Willesden 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Land Attached.
The land attached to the home would be available for the recreation of patients. In addition
a sufficient portion of it should be in charge of a competent agriculturalist who would be able to
supply the home with milk, butter, eggs, vegetables, fruit, and other forms of dairy and land produce.
PROVISIONAL ESTIMATED COSTS.
The estimated costs now submitted are provisional. The actual costs cannot be given until
the Committee makes its selection of the property to be purchased.
Capital Costs.
House and Grounds say £20,000
Alterations say £5,000
Furniture and Equipment—
50 beds at £100 per bed £5,000
Total say £30,000
Maintenance Costs Per Annum.
Repayment of Capital Costs:— £
House and grounds and alterations—
(30 years at 6½ per cent.) 1,905
Furniture and Equipment—
(10 years at 6½ per cent). 687
50 beds at £2 10s. per bed per week 6,500
Total 9,092
Less grant from Local Government Board 4,546
Total £4,546
RECOMMENDATION.
That a Sub-Committee be appointed to view the foregoing properties and make recommendations
to the Health Committee as to purchase for submission to the Council and Local Government
Board.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.
APPENDIX I.
27th May, 1919.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED AT EXISTING CLINICS.
Clinic (1).—No. 9, Willesden Lane, Kilburn.
Clinic (2).—No. 381, High Road, Willesden Green.
These Clinics are now overcrowded, and additional accommodation is required for this anc other reasons, as follows:—
| Additional Accommodation Required. | Clinic 1. | Clinic 2. |
|---|---|---|
| General Waiting Room | The present General Waiting Room is overcrowded, patients having to wait on the stairs and passage-way | No. |
| Cleansing Waiting Room | Children wait in the passage-way and are subject to draughts. When they have been bathed they have again nowhere to wait before going out into the open air | No. |
| Nurses' Treatment Room | Preparation and treatment are carried on in the one room. In many of the bowel conditions of babies this is very unpleasant, and a separate room is required for treatment | No. |