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London County Council 1962

[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, 1962 was £49,764, details of which are as follows:

£
Ambulance stations—acquisition, erection, adaptation and equipment12,160
Day nurseries—transfer to revenue account861 (Cr.)
Health centres—adaptation and equipment2,186
Maternity and child welfare centres—acquisition, erection and equipment279
Hostel and training centres—acquisition, erection and equipment36,000
£49,764

Maintenance—Thegross cost of the various services in 1961/62—including central administrative and debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:

ServiceCostAmount recovered in contributions
££
Ambulance1,421,069
Day nurseries1,107,682151,976
Domiciliary midwifery293,966
Foot clinics112,27711,403
General health (including health education)65,940
Health centres42,779
Health visiting411,510
Home nursing570,863
Home help1,432,46075,427
Maternity and child welfare962,65388,570
Mental health545,25222,938
Prevention of illness, including care and after-care of tuberculosis405,46215,440
School health1,110,979
Vaccination and immunisation268,015
8,750,907365,754

The net cost of the services, before allowing for Government grant, expressed in terms of
ate in the £ was 18d.