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Willesden 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL CHARGES. Expenditure.
| £ | |
|---|---|
| Meals | 2,600 |
| Salaries—Teaching staff and three instructors—Whole time for manual, cookery and laundry | 3,215 |
| Nurse | 250 |
| Doctor | 400 |
| Caretaker and cleaning | 500 |
| Cooks and helps | 700 |
| Lighting | 100 |
| Heating and gas for laundry and cookery | 200 |
| Consumable and renewable during year—Various stock | 600 |
| Interest and repayment on Loans—(£44,000, 30 years, 7%, and £4,000, 10 years, 7%) | 4,090 |
| Clerical expenses | 300 |
| Ambulance and travelling expenses | 2,500 |
| Total gross expenditure | 615,455 |
Income.
| £ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Meals—(say l/3rd of cost by parents), say | 867 | |
| Sales | 60 | |
| Board of Education Grant—50% of net Expenditure | 7,264 | |
| Total Income | £8,191 | |
| Net estimate | £7,264 | |
Recommendations.
(1) That a day open air school for 240 physically defective children be established.
(2) That the children in attendance at Furness Road and Leopold Road physically defective
schools be transferred to the open air school when ready.
(3) That about six acres of land be purchased for the open air school.
(4) We have considered various sites but having regard to accessibility, acreage, aspect,
and the nature of the buildings to be erected we are of opinion that the Dudden Hill
allotments provide the best site and recommend purchase accordingly.
(5) That the provision of a residential open air school be deferred.
H. MARTIN THORPE,
Chairman, Children's Care Committee.
ROSALIND MOORE,
Member, Children's Care Committee.
MARGARET ROYLE,
Member, Children's Care Committee.
W. M. BOLTON,
Chairman, School Accommodation Committee.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer.