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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
Battersea 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Item. | Total. | Per PatientWeek. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Salaries | Medical | 454 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Nursing | 715 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Domestic and other | 641 | 0 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Superannuation(Council's contribution) | 66 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Provisions | 713 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Drugs and other medical requisites | 244 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Fuel, lighting and water | 387 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Laundry | 314 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 172 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Structural | 354 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Miscellaneous items— | ||||||
| Telephones, stationery, etc., and sundries | 183 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Totals, excluding rates, insurance and loan charges | 4,243 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Rates and insurance | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Loan charges | 1,074 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gross cost | 5,378 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Income | Pupil Midwives(including training grant) | . 295 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| Patients' payments | 2,205 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Other | 37 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Net cost | 2,841 | 2 | 16 | 9 | ||
| Item. | Total. | Per PatientWeek. | ||||
| s. | d. | |||||
| Salaries | Medical | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Nursing | 715 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Domestic and other | 641 | 0 | 12 | 10 | ||
| Superannuation(Council's contribution) | 66 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Provisions | 713 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Drugs and other medical requisites | 244 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Fuel, lighting and water | 387 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Laundry | 314 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Repairs and renewals | Domestic | 172 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Structural | 354 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Miscellaneous items— | ||||||
| Telephones, stationery, etc., and sundries | 183 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Totals, excluding rates, insurance and loan charges | 4,243 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Rates and insurance | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Loan charges | 1,074 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Gross cost | 5,378 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Income | Pupil Midwives(including training grant) | . 295 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| Patients' payments | 2,205 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Other | 37 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Net cost | 2,841 | 2 | 16 | 9 | ||
District Midwifery Service.
During 1934 there were 190 cases attended in their own homes
by the District Midwife as compared with 185 in the previous year,
an increase of 5 cases.
Particulars relating to this service during the year are set out below:—
| Total number of bookings | 234 |
| Number of bookings cancelled or transferred | 32 |
| Total number of cases attended in the district | 190 |
| Average number of visits to each case | 19 |
| Number of cases:— | |
| 172 | |
| (b) „ Doctors | 3 |
| 15 | |
| 13 | |