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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
Ealing 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
| s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries | 2,433 | 16 | 1 |
| Repairs to buildings | 552 | 17 | 5 |
| Furniture, fittings and utensils | 410 | 9 | 0 |
| Maintenance of ambulance | 182 | 8 | 9 |
| Medical and surgical requisites | 433 | 6 | 4 |
| Provisions | 1,304 | 16 | 1 |
| Fuel, light and cleaning | 919 | 2 | 6 |
| Rates, taxes and insurance | 726 | 17 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous | 146 | 6 | 10 |
| Superannuation—employer's contribution | 66 | 16 | 7 |
| Loan charges | 1,618 | 1 | 7 |
| 8,794 | 18 10 | ||
| Administrative charges, proportion | 308 | 15 | 9 |
| £9,103 | 14 | 7 | |
The patients spent 14,345 days in hospital so that the average
cost of each patient per day was 12s. 8d. Taking the patientdays
14,345 and the staff-days 10,410, or a total of 24,755, the
average cost of food works out at Is. O½d. per person per day.
MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
The number of patients admitted during the year 1st April,
1931, to 31st March, 1932, was 546. The numbers in the three
preceding years were 450, 534 and 561 respectively. Owing to the
fact that overcrowding occurred in the hospital from time to time
in the previous year, the number of bookings has been purposely
limited. The beds are now being booked three or more months
ahead, and a considerable number of applicants cannot be accepted ;
the need for extension of the hospital, therefore, is becoming still
more pressing.
The districts from which the patients were admitted are
shown in the following Table ;