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London County Council 1960

[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 31 March, 1960, was £40,095, details of which are as follows:

Ambulance stations—erection£ 11,460
Day nurseries—erection476
Health centres—debt repayment, etc3,285
Maternity and child welfare centres—acquisition,
erection, equipment, adaptation393
Training centres—adaptation, erection, etc.24,481
£40,095

Maintenance—The gross cost of the various services in 1959.60—including central administrative and debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:

ServiceCostAmount recovered in contributions
££
Ambulance service1,186,982-
Day nurserie1,041,586159,452
Domiciliary midwifery service267,093-
Foot clinics57,320117,880
General health services (including health education)60,282-
Health centres34,461-
Health visiting339,892-
Home nursing553,174-
Home help1,177,94463,955
Maternity and child welfare937,31169,656
Mental health308,5606,557
Prevention of illness, including care and after.care of tuberculosis432,76214,780
School health1,034,873-
Vaccination and immunisation221,856-
£7,654,096£332,280

*Excluding central administration.
The net cost of the services, before allowing for Government grant, expressed in terms of
rate in the £ was 16.5d.
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