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Wood Green 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: ISOLATION HOSPITAL.During the year the following 249 cases have been removed to the various hospitals:—

ISOLATION HOSPITAL.

During the year the following 249 cases have been removed to the various hospitals:—

Scarlet.Diphtheria.Typhoid
Hornsey Isolation Hospital174506
Enfield „ „13——
Southgate „ „6——
193506

Table: COST OF ISOLATION.The cost of Isolating Infectious Cases for the year ending 31st December, 1907, was as follows:—

COST OF ISOLATION.

The cost of Isolating Infectious Cases for the year ending 31st December, 1907, was as follows:—

£s.d.
Enfilde Isolation Hospital18900
Southgate „10610
Ambulance Horse Hire876
Hornsey Isolation Hospital Contribution30000
Maintenance of Patients2,96172
£3,564158
Less Contributions from Patients73141
£3,49117

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An average weekly payment of £67 2s. 8½d.
The average cost per patient was £14 0s. 4¾d.
During this year the Committee decided that, before a patient
could be admitted to the Isolation Hospital, an agreement must be
signed to pay a proportion of the expense incurred in Maintenance
(except in pauper cases).
This, of course, causes delay in the removal of patients to the
Hospital, and the onus of fixing the amount to be paid is placed
upon the Chief Inspector, a duty which turns that official into a
kind of relieving officer, and was never contemplated, in my opinion,