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Financial cost of the Epidemic.—It is impossible to
estimate the financial cost of the epidemic with accuracy. The loss
to the Borough and ratepayers in the Borough must have been very
considerable. The actual out-of-pocket expenses by way of removal
and treatment of the cases, vaccination, etc., may be set out as
follows:—
A.—Expenses of Public Health Department.
Salaries—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Sanitary Inspectors, for extra services 60 0 0
Clerks „ „ 20 0 0
Engineer at disinfecting station 6 16 8
86 16 8
Wages—
Disinfectors, additional 152 3 6
Van drivers and assistants additional 9 9 0
161 12 6
Compensation—
Bedding and clothing destroyed and
damaged 24 0 3
Pood destroyed 13 7 8
37 7 11
Contacts—
Expenses for sheltering at reception
houses 18 17 7
Miscellaneous—
Miscellaneous 14 2 1
Printing and stationery 17 11 4
Distribution of bills, etc. 5 14 0
37 7 5
£342 2 1
B.—Expenses of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The cost to the Metropolitan Asylums Board being £500,000—
equal to a threepenny rate, Finsbury's share would be about £12, 197.
C.—Expenses of Public Vaccination.
The following returns have been kindly prepared by Mr. J. Allen
Battersby, Clerk to the Holborn Guardians.