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London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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FINANCE
the total capital expenditure on the health services of the Council in the year ended Capital 31st March, 1957, was £50,165, details of which are as follows :
| Ambulance service: | £ |
|---|---|
| Acquisition, erection and adaptation | 3,505 |
| Brook—reinstatement after war damage | 460 |
| Day nurseries—erection, acquisition, extension | 3,761 |
| Health centres—erection, acquisition, adaptation | 23,618 |
| Maternity and child welfare centres—acquisition, erection, equipment, adaptation | 12,226 |
| Mental Deficiency Acts: | |
| Occupation centres—adaptation and equipment | 6,348 |
| Dover Lodge—adaptation, equipment | 247 |
| £50,165 |
Maintenance
The gross cost of the various services in 1956-57—including central administrative and debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:
| Service | Cost | Amount recovered in charges |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £, | |
| Ambulance service | 1,074,503 | — |
| Day nurseries | 1,051,868 | 201,885 |
| Domiciliary midwifery service | 204,020 | — |
| General health services (including £192,973 contribution to Metropolitan Borough Councils for salaries of sanitary officers) | 229,878 | |
| Health centres | 30,796 | — |
| Health visiting | 356,909 | — |
| Maternity and child welfare | 687,133 | 53,307 |
| Mental health .. .. | 251,325 | — |
| Prevention of illness— | ||
| Home nursing | 458,220 | — |
| Domestic help | 971,714 | 49,906 |
| Other preventive services | 501,011 | 29,178 |
| School health | 921,528 | 6,120 |
| £6,738,905 | £340,396 |
The net cost of the services after allowing for Government grant, expressed in terms of rate in the £ was 7-67d., divided as follows :
| d. | |
|---|---|
| Ambulance service | 1.21 |
| Day nurseries | .93 |
| Domestic help service | 1.08 |
| Domiciliary midwifery service | .22 |
| General health services | .51 |
| Health centres | .01 |
| Health visiting | .42 |
| Home nursing | .54 |
| Maternity and child welfare | .74 |
| Mental health | .29 |
| Prevention of illness (care and after-care ; chest clinics, foot clinics, etc.) | .47 |
| Vaccination and immunisation | .08 |
| School health | 1.17 |
| 7.67 |