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Cost of Maternity Hospital.
I am indebted to the courtesy of the Borough Treasurer for
the following statement of the cost of the Hospital during the financial
year ended 31st March, 1937 :—
Maternity Hospital, 1936—7.
Total beds (excluding cots, labour and isolation beds), 30;
total cases admitted and discharged while hospital open during
year, 391 ; average number of beds occupied during such period,
excluding cots, labour and isolation beds, 17-3; number of weeks
spent in Institution by patients admitted and discharged during
year, 777.9.
A statement* showing expenditure for the year ended 31st
March, 1937, in respect of the Maternity Hospital is given below.
Item.
Total.
Per
Patient-Week.
£
£
s.
d.
Medical
542
0
13
11
Nursing
704
0
18
1
Salaries '
Domestic and other
730
0
18
9
Superannuation (Council's
contribution)
68
0
1
9
Provisions
682
0
17
6
Drugs and other medical requisites
130
0
3
4
Fuel, lighting and water
431
0
11
1
Laundry
255
0
6
7
Repairs and Domestic
232
0
6
0
renewals Structural
1,302
1
13
6
Miscellaneous items—
Telephones, stationery, etc., and
sundries
129
0
3
4
Totals, excluding rates, insurance and
loan charges
5,205
6
13
10
Rates and insurance
76
0
1
11
Loan charges
1,021
1
6
3
Gross cost
6,302
8
2
0
Income
Pupil Midwives (including
training grant)
220
0
5
8
Patients payments
l,616†
2
1
6
Other
41
0
1
1
Net cost
4,425
5
13
9
* This statement does not take into account the Government Grant.
| £2,117 less £501 paid to other hospitals during period hospital closed.