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 Willesden]
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Amount Per Week Expended on Milk, and Dried Milk Free or at Reduced Rates by Willesden
and Neighbouring Local Authorities.
Population, 1919. | Births, 1919. | Approximate net cost per week to the Authority. | > Approximate net cost in pence to the Authority per week per birth. | |||||||
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Original Return, (November, 1920). | Amended Return. (December, 1920). | Original Return, (November, 1920). | Amended Return. (December, 1920). | |||||||
Cost. £ | Relative position as spending Authority. | Cost. £ | Relative position. as spending Authority. | Cost in pence. d. | Relative position. | Cost in pence. d. | Relative position. | |||
Poplar | 160,051 | 3,951 | 348 | 1 | 340 | 2 | 21.1 | 1 | 20.6 | 1 |
Lambeth | 294,097 | 5,518 | 230 | 2 | No Reply. | 10.0 | 4 | — | — | |
Islington | 336,506 | 6,067 | 182 | 3 | 444 | 1 | 7.2 | 7 | 17.6 | 2 |
Stepney | 242,202 | 5,397 | 180 | 4 | No Reply. | 8.0 | . 6 | — | — | |
St. Pancras | 228,585 | 3,893 | 110 | 5 | 120 | 3 | 6.7 | . 8 | 7.4 | 7 |
Wandsworth | 347,610 | 5,079 | 100 | 6 | 100 | 5 | 4.7 | 12 | 4.7 | 8 |
Battersea | 165,960 | 3,075 | 92 | 7 | 110 | 4 | 6.5 | 9 | 8.6 | 6 |
St. Marylebone | 102,038 | 1,492 | 71 | 8 | 70 | 8 | 11.4 | 3 | 11.2 | 4 |
West Ham | 299,975 | 7,078 | 58 | 9 | 58 | 10 | 2.0 | 21 | 2.0 | 16 |
Hackney | 225,774 | 4,141 | 54 | 10 | 66 | 9 | 3.1 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 |
Greenwich | 102,591 | 1,953 | 53 | 11 | 74 | 7 | 6.5 | 10 | 9.1 | 5 |
Camberwell | 285,220 | 5,183 | 50 | 12 | 75 | 6 | 2.3 | 18 | 3.4 | 13 |
Woolwich | 141,918 | 2,737 | 50 | 13 | 54 | 11 | 4.3 | 13 | 4.7 | 9 |
Lewisham | 174,750 | 2,844 | 40 | 14 | 44 | 12 | 3.3 | 14 | 3.7 | 12 |
Hampstead | 91,682 | 1,156 | 40 | 15 | No Reply. | 8.3 | 5 | — | — | |
Holborn | 39,747 | 539 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 14 | 13.3 | 2 | 14.7 | 3 |
Southwark | 187,476 | 4,092 | 30 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.6 | — |
Hammersmith | 136,443 | 2,246 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 15 | 2.6 | 16 | 3.4 | 14 |
Bethnal Green | 114,676 | 2,564 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 2.3 | 19 | 2.3 | 15 |
Chelsea | 63,099 | 917 | 21 | 20 | No Reply. | 5.5 | 11 | — | - | |
Croydon | 191,922 | 2,964 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 1.6 | 23 | 2.0 | 17 |
Tottenham | 147,233 | 2,711 | 17 | 23 | No Reply. | 1.5 | 25 | — | — | |
Finsbury | 78,431 | 1,595 | 15 | 24 | No Reply. | 2.2 | 20 | — | — | |
Deptford | 115,843 | 2,381 | 10 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 1.0 | 26 | 3.9 | 10 |
Stoke Newington | 53,079 | 894 | 10 | 26 | No Reply. | 2.6 | 17 | — | — | |
Paddington | 149,941 | 2,328 | 8 | 27 | No Reply. | 0.8 | 27 | — | — | |
Westminster | 132,851 | 1,592 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 20 | 0.8 | 28 | 0.8 | 19 |
Total No. of Districts | 28 | 20 | 28 | 19 |
Original Returns prepared by Dr. MacMillan, Medical Officer of Health, Woolwich, November, 1920, and verified and amended in December, 1920.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.