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Battersea 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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Statement* showing expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1932, in respect of the Maternity Hospital.
| Item. | Total. | Per Patient Week. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | s. | d. | ||||
| Medical | 340 | 0 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Nursing | 654 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||
| (Domestic and other | 596 | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Provisions | 754 | 0 | 14 | 6 | ||
| Drugs and other Medical Requisites | 142 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Heating, Lighting and Water | 450 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Laundry | 380 | 0 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 208 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Structural | 432 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Miscellaneous items— Telephones, Stationery, etc., and Sundries | 171 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Totals, excluding rates, insurance and loan charges | 4,127 | 3 | 19 | 6 | ||
| Rates and Insurance | 80 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Loan Charges | 1,302 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gross cost | £5,509 | £5 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Income | Pupil Midwives (including training grant) | 285 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Patients' Payments | 2,381 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Other | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Net cost | £2,829 | £2 | 14 | 6 | ||
District Midwifery Service.
During 1931 there were 185 cases attended in their own homes
by the District Midwife as compared with 112 in the previous year,
an increase of 73 cases.
Particulars relating to this Service during the year are set out
below :—
Total number of cases attended in the district 185
Average number of visits to each case 18
Number of cases delivered by :—
(a) Midwife 182
(b) Doctors 3
* This statement does not take into account the Government Grant.