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London County Council 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: FINANCEthe tota lcapital expenditure on the health services of the Council in the year endedCapital31st March, 1956, was .£56,813, details of which are as follows:

FINANCE

the tota lcapital expenditure on the health services of the Council in the year endedCapital31st March, 1956, was .£56,813, details of which are as follows:

Ambulance service:—£
Acquisition, erection and adaptation12,306
Waterloo Road—adaptation and equipment14,332
Reinstatement after war damage4,552
Day nurseries—erection, adaptation, repair1,384
Hostels:—
Cromwell Lodge—acquisition, adaptation and equipment7,940
Dover Lodge—adaptation and equipment5,180
Maternity and child welfare centres-—acquisition, erection, equipment10,500
Occupation Centres—adaptation238
Other establishments381
£56,813

Table: The gross cost of the various services in 1955-56—including central administrative Maintenanceand debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:

The gross cost of the various services in 1955-56—including central administrative Maintenanceand debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:

ServiceCostAmount recovered in charges
££
Ambulance service965,773—
Day nurseries1,021,543203,734
Domiciliary midwifery service197,416—
General health services (including £183,205 contribution to Metropolitan Borough Councils for salaries of sanitary officers)213,522—
Health centres27,043—
Health visiting331,059—
Maternity and child welfare635,59245,784
Mental health210,728—
Prevention of illness—
Home nursing422,087—
Domestic help846,95644,740
Other preventive services484,56929,661
School health847,8856,671
£6,204,173£330,590

Table: The net cost of the services after allowing for Government grant, expressed in terms of rate in the £ was 11.87d., divided as follows:

The net cost of the services after allowing for Government grant, expressed in terms of rate in the £ was 11.87d., divided as follows:

d.
Ambulance service1.92
Day nurseries1.57
Domestic help service1.67
Domiciliary midwifery service.38
General health services.83
Health visiting.68
Home nursing.88
Maternity and child welfare1.2
Mental health.42
Prevention of illness (care and after-care; chest clinics, foot clinics, etc.).8
Vaccination and immunisation.14
School health1.38
11.87

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