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The net expenditure upon the maintenance of the Milk
Depot, during the year ending December 31st, 1910, is
stated by the Borough Accountant to have been £294
5s. 3d., viz.:—
£ s. d.
(a) Expenditure 701 14 2
(b) Income 407 8 11
i.e., Expenditure in excess of
Income £294 5 3
The net yearly expenditures since the Depot was opened
are:—1906, £233 12s. 6d.; 1907, £206 0s. 0d.; 1908,
£283 16s. 7d.; 1909, £315 8s. 8d.; 1910, £294 5s. 3d.
The financial statistics must be considered with the good
achieved by the infants and children fed.
During 1910, a new set of fire bars were fitted to the
boiler furnace at a cost of £l 13s. 0d., and a new feedpump
to the boiler supplied at a cost of £9 10s. 0d. together
with a new ½-horse-power electric motor (alternating
current)—1800 revolutions per minute and a new switch
at a cost of £13 11s. 0d.
The first floor rooms were let on July 21st, 1910, to
Mrs. Joy (London County Council Inspector) at a rental of
£25 per annum, and the rooms were redecorated by the
Council prior to such letting.
The Manageress (Miss Christabel Hartley) resigned her
appointment on account of her approaching marriage, and
her resigation was accepted on February 17th, 1910, by the
Council, who voted her a testimonial signed by the Mayor.
She was appointed as Manageress on November 23rd, 1905,
when the Depot was inaugurated.