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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
London County Council 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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FINANCE
Capital
The total capital expenditure on the health services of the Council in the year ended 31st March, 1958, was £18,498, details of which are as follows:
| Ambulance service: | |
| Stations—erection and adaptation | 2,566 |
| Day nurseries—erection and acquisition | 318 |
| Maternity and child welfare centres—acquisition, erection, equipment, adaptation | 11,380 |
| Occupation centres—adaptation and erection | 1,791 |
| Queen's Road health centre—adaptation | 2,443 |
| £18,498 |
Maintenance
The gross cost of the various services in1957-58—including central administrative and debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:
| Service | Cost | Amount recovered in charges |
|---|---|---|
| Ambulance service | 1,071,946 | — |
| Day nurseries | 1,023,893 | 184,203 |
| Domiciliary midwifery service | 221,467 | — |
| General health services (including £212,972 contribution to Metropolitan Borough Councils for salaries of sanitary officers) | 261,723 | — |
| Health centres | 38,415 | — |
| Health visiting | 277,572 | — |
| Maternity and child welfare | 842,690 | 58,583 |
| Mental health | 268,957 | 1,012 |
| Prevention of illness— | ||
| Home nursing | 469,510 | — |
| Domestic help | 1,022,562 | 54,180 |
| Other preventive services | 562,133 | 31,858 |
| School health | 950,548 | 5,796 |
| £7,011,416 | £335,632 |
The net cost of the services after allowing for Government grant, expressed in
terms of rate in the £ was 8.65d.
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