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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
City of London 1897
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897
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The recipients, without exception, appeared
contented with the consideration shewn them,
and gave no trouble to the caretaker.
The following Return shows approximately the expense of the Shelter, to which is added the. proportionate charges incident to the temporary offices of the Sanitary Inspectors (7) on ground floor, with lavatory convenience in basement.
| Items. | Inspectors' Office. | Shelter. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | S. | d. | |
| Rent | 100 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 275 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxes | 23 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 10 |
| Insurance | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gas and Water | 12 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 19 | 8 |
| Household Expenses, including Repairs, Feeding of Persons sheltered, Warming Cleansing, Care-takers' Wages, etc. | 33 | 14 | 9 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 102 | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 170 | 14 | 4 | 310 | 12 | 11 | 481 | 7 | 3 |
The average cost per person of the Seventytwo
people received at the Shelter during 1897
was £4 6s. 3d.