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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
Lewisham 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Bearing in mind, however, these provisos, it seems that in the financial
year 1962/63 a sum of about £24,000 was spent by the Borough
Council on the care of the elderly. To understand the growth of this
service it is only necessary to mention that ten years ago, in the year
1952/3, the corresponding expenditure was £1,750 and for the current
year 1963/4 the sum included in the estimates has been £39,957.
These are gross figures, against which some income can be set (£3,275
for 1963/4) but they do not include any apportionment of salaries.