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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
Hornsey 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Father on N.A.B. £3 17s. 6d. plus 15s. 0d. rent (Family allowances paid to the Children's Department) | £4 | 12 | 6 |
| 6 children in care:— | |||
| 3 in residential nurseries—approximate cost | £30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 in residential homes —approximate cost | £24 | 0 | 0 |
| £58 | 12 | 6 | |
| Free meals to returned school children | 15 | 0 | |
| 3 children at day nurseries free (charged at full cost) | £9 | 15 | 0 |
| Expenditure entailed by keeping the family together for school meals and day nursery accommodation | £10 | 10 | 0 |
| This shows a weekly saving of public expenditure of | £48 | 2 | 6 |
| Mother ill and unable to cope. Five children in care:— | |||
| 3 of these at approximate weekly cost | £24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 of these at approximate weekly cost | £20 | 0 | 0 |
| £44 | 0 | 0 | |
| After the children returned home the following help was given:— | |||
| 3 free dinners for school children | 15 | 0 | |
| 2 children in day nursery free (charged at full cost) | £6 | 10 | 0 |
| Home help 10 hours weekly (charged at full cost) | £2 | 0 | 0 |
| £9 | 5 | 0 | |
| Saving to public expenditure a weekly sum of | £34 | 15 | 0 |