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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
Marylebone 1893
The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893
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and to controvert the false or exaggerated assertions made
by various persons. The more these matters were minutely
investigated the more abundant the proofs accumulated,
that there was really nothing in the charges: that the
patients had been treated with every consideration; that
they had all had skilled medical attention, suitable diet,
and during convalescence, abundance of the best of food;
and that from first to last, considering the difficulties of
the undertaking, the Officers deserved praise and not
blame, and that the management generally would compare
most favourably with that of the best-appointed permanent
hospitals.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A lterations and Repairs to Premises, &c. | 5 | ||
| Settlement of Compensation Claim | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Furniture, Fittings, Bedding, &c. | 425 | 19 | 6 |
| Provisions, Groceries, Drugs, &c., Conveyance of Patients, and Petty Expenses | 761 | 0 | 8 |
| Salaries to Medical Attendant and Matron, and Wages to Staff | 575 | 4 | 8 |
| £2,216 | 1 | 3 |
Analysis of Expenditure at Temporary Hospital, 1893-4.
| Credit. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received from Sisters' Hospital, St. Albans, for sundry Furniture, Towels, &c. | 10 | 0 | ||||
| To be received from Metropolitan Asylums' Board for Furniture and Effects | 200 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Estimated to be realized for remainder of Furniture, Bedding, Ironmongery, &c., say | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 0 | |||||
| £1,982 | 11 | 3 |
Note—If the amount for Salaries, Provisions, &c., be considered "maintenance," then
the cost per head averages about £4 12s. 5d.
PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ACT, 1891.
When the number of notices and letters requesting
work to be done is taken into account, the cases necessitating
an appeal to the magistrate are very few indeed;
they were as follows:—