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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
Ilford 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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The following is a summary of the expenditure incurred in connection with the Maternity Home to the 31st March, 1919:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries of Staff | 204 | 13 | 10 |
| Uniform Allowances of Staff | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Travelling Expenses | 12 | 8 | 2½ |
| Furniture | 437 | 10 | 9 |
| Crockery and Chandlery | 14 | 18 | 11½ |
| Provisions, etc. | 245 | 11 | 9½ |
| Stationery | 21 | 13 | 3 |
| Instruments and Medical Requisites | 98 | 18 | 4 |
| Repairs and Alterations | 172 | 0 | 9 |
| Laundry | 29 | 4 | 11 |
| Advertisements | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Heating and Lighting | 113 | 12 | 1 |
| Rent, Rates and Taxes | 98 | 0 | 6 |
| Linen | 162 | 7 | 1 |
| Telephone | 14 | 10 | 3 |
| Ironmongery | 55 | 5 | 10 |
| Sundries | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| 1,723 | 5 | 8½ | |
| Revenue | 222 | 2 | 0 |
| £1,501 | 3 | 8½ |
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
This most necessary adjunct to Child Welfare work is proposed
to be built by the Ilford War Memorial Committee,
with the assistance of the Ministry of Health, on a
site adjacent to the proposed Maternity Home. At the present
time the facilities for treatment of child-ailments in Ilford are
very meagre, and mothers are obliged to take their sick children
to hospitals in London to get the necessary attention. Furthermore,
there is no provision in Ilford for ailing babies who require
the skilled nursing which an institution alone can provide. The
Statutory Committee considered, therefore, the possibility of
using Valentines Mansion as a Children's Hospital until such time
as the War Memorial Hospital could be erected. After a careful
examination of the suitability of the building, the cost of adaptation,
and the number of patients that could be treated, it was