London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Pancras 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
| Year | No. of burials | Gross Cost | Reimbursement obtained | Net cost to Council | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts | Average per burial | Amounts | Average per burial | Percentage of initial outlay | Amounts | Average per burial | Percentage of gross cost | ||||||||||||||
| s | d | s. | d | s. | d | s. | d | s. | d | s. | d | ||||||||||
| 1948 | 37 | 284 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 156 | 10 | a | 4 | 4 | 7 | 55.04 | 127 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 44. 96 |
| 1949 | 55 | 445 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 291 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 65.43 | 153 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 34.57 |
| 1950 | 84 | 699 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 668 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 95.6 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4.4 |
| 1951 | 89 | 767 | 15. | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 714 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 93.09 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.91 |
| 1952 | 74 | 612 | 11. | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 546 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 89. 21 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10.79 |
| 1953 | 78 | 670 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 652 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 97.16 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2. 84 |
| 1954 | 74 | 580 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 529 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 91.31 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8.69 |
| 1955 | 72 | 561 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 587 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 104.73 | Nil | - | - | ||||
| Full period | 563 | 4,621 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4,147. | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 89.74 | 474 | 5. | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10.26 | |