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Two caretakers' rooms.
Making altogether an eight-roomed house.
The estimates for fitting and equipping, based on the actual
expenditure incurred in three other metropolitan dispensaries,
are—
£
Fitting up and altering the premises 150
Furniture and fixtures 120
Instruments and appliances 30
Making a total of £300
The staff will consist of—
One Tuberculosis Officer £300 to £500 per annum.
One Nurse £120 ,,
One Caretaker £60 ,,
The salaries paid to the Tuberculosis Officers in other Boroughs
vary considerably. In Deptford, for example, he is paid a salary
of £300 per annum, rising to £350 by annual increments of
£25 on satisfactory service.
The other annual charges are estimated as follows:—
£
Rent, rates and taxes 80
Coal, lighting 40
Printing, stationery 25
Repairs and renewals 25
Uniform, insurance, postage, petty cash 30
Telephone 5
Drugs and tuberculin 100
Giving a Total of £305
In this estimate no provision is made for a clerk or for a dispenser.
It is assumed that the dispensing and the correspondence
will be done by arrangement between the medical officer and the
nurse.
The expenses may now be summarised:—
Capital outlay, £300,
Salaries and wages, £480 minimum, £680 maximum,
Other annual charges, £310,