Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
£ | s. | d. | |
---|---|---|---|
Salaries | 3,473 | 12 | 11 |
Repairs to buildings | 459 | 6 | 5 |
Furniture, fittings and utensils | 596 | 15 | 11 |
Maintenance of ambulance | 232 | 7 | 9 |
Medical and surgical requisites | 895 | 10 | 11 |
Provisions | 2,313 | 17 | 6 |
Fuel, light and cleaning | 1,149 | 10 | 2 |
Rates, taxes and insurance | 743 | 9 | 1 |
Miscellaneous | 157 | 5 | 10 |
Superannuation—employer's contribution | 69 | 19 | 6 |
Loan Charges | 1,651 | 10 | 11 |
Closing of path | 42 | 6 | 10 |
Making of path | 167 | 13 | 6 |
11,953 | 7 | 3 | |
Administrative Charges—proportion | 379 | 16 | 2 |
£12,333 | 3 | 5 |
The patients spent 35,643 days in hospital, so that the average
cost of each patient per day was 6/11½. Taking the patient-days
35,643, and the staff-days 13,031, or a total of 48,674, the average
cost of food works out at ll½d. per person per day.
MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
The cases admitted to the hospital in successive years since its opening have been as follows:—
1921-22 | 109 | 1928-29 | 450 |
---|---|---|---|
1922-23 | 235 | 1929-30 | 534 |
1923-24 | 284 | 1930-31 | 561 |
1924-25 | 369 | 1931-32 | 546 |
1925-26 | 388 | 1932-33 | 524 |
1926-27 | 358 | 1933-34 | 509 |
1927-28 | 407 |