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The following is an estimate of the cost of the scheme and in
those items where an exact sum cannot be given I have put an
outside figure: —
£
s.
d.
Rent, rates and taxes
10
0
0
Lighting and heating
5
0
0
Removing bath, reglazing windows, making
and fixing drawers, shelves, etc.
15
10
0
Electric light fittings
3
15
0
Providing and fixing gas brackets, gas fires, etc.
3
11
6
Lino
6
0
0
Chairs, 2½ dozen
3
15
0
Drugs
5
0
0
Stationery
5
0
0
Roll top desk
6
0
0
Arm Chair
1
5
0
Stool for patients
0 10 0
10
0
Couch
3
10
0
Table for Clerk
1
10
0
£70
6
6
This makes a total of £70 6s. 6d. for the first year, half of which
will be paid by a grant, leaving a net expenditure on the Borough
of £35 3 s. 3d.
The salaries of the extra Health Visitors will also have to be
taken into account, and these will entail a net annual charge on
the Borough of £105.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
There was a very close and cordial co-operation between the
staffs of the Dispensary and the Public Health Department during
the year 1914, the result being that there was little if any overlapping
in their respective spheres. From the Dispensary Annual
Report it seems that during the year there were 747 new patients
examined, of these 373 were definitely suffering from or suspected