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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APPENDIX Q.
GRANTS IN AID.
1.—Maternity and Child Welfare (Local Government Board).
Summary of expenditure during the 12 months ended 31st March.
1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | ||||||||||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
Inspectors of Midwives and Health Visitors— | ||||||||||||||||
Salaries including War Pay | 167 | 8 | 10 | 447 | 8 | 3 | 987 | 3 | 8 | 1,281 | 4 | 8 | 1,602 | 10 | 10 | |
Allowances for Uniform | (Included with Salaries) | 19 | 13 | 9 | 70 | 18 | 0 | 174 | 16 | 4 | 90 | 17 | 2 | |||
Travelling Expenses (Assistant Medical Officers & Health Visitors) | 8 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 7½ | 44 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 8 | 4½ | 67 | 3 | 9 | |
486 | 14 | 7½ | 1,102 | 3 | 1 | 1,502 | 9 | 4½ | ||||||||
Centres— | ||||||||||||||||
Salaries of M.O.H. and A.M.O.s. | 55 | 8 | 2 | 410 | 4 | 1 | 681 | 2 | 8 | 3,044 | 3 | 7 | 4,449 | 16 | 10 | |
Kent, Rates and Taxes | 9 | 15 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 6 | 120 | 16 | 9 | 140 | 0 | 11½ | 108 | 4 | 3 | |
Furniture and Equipment | 0 | 15 | 3 | 155 | 13 | 11 | 195 | 16 | 8½ | 1,435 | 19 | 3½ | 43 | 8 | 8 | |
Healing, Lighting and Cleaning | 1 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 76 | 15 | 2½ | 430 | 5 | 10 | 512 | 14 | 11 | |
Drugs and other Medical requisites | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 154 | 1 | 3 | 305 | 19 | 8 | 532 | 9 | 0 | |
Food—Dried Milk | 129 | 6 | 10 | 227 | 16 | 4 | 1,,914 | 4 | 8½ | 5,900 | 12 | 7 | 2,706 | 0 | 8 | |
"Virol" | 2 | 12 | 11 | 221 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 11 | 9 | |||||||
Meals provided for Mothers and Children | - | - | 537 | 0 | 8 | 405 | 3 | 3 | 719 | 16 | 0 | |||||
Alteration and adaptation of Premises | — | 215 | 6 | 8 | 341 | 12 | 2 | 978 | 17 | 6½ | — | |||||
Repairs | — | — | - | — | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
1,123 | 7 | 11 | 4,021 | 10 | 1½ | 12,S62 | 15 | 4½ | ||||||||
Creches— | ||||||||||||||||
Salaries of Medical Officers | During the year 1917-18 certain expenditure was incurred in connection with a Day and Night Nursery established for the care of children of Munition workers, amounting to £955 1 4½ | |||||||||||||||
Salaries of Matrons | ||||||||||||||||
Salaries of Nurses and other paid officers | ||||||||||||||||
Rents, Rates and Taxes | ||||||||||||||||
Furniture and Equipment | ||||||||||||||||
Heating, Lighting and Cleaning | ||||||||||||||||
Food and Provisions | ||||||||||||||||
Contribution to a Creche | ||||||||||||||||
Provision of Midwives and Maternity Nurses for— | ||||||||||||||||
Necessitous Women | - | 1 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 129 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 8 | |||
Areas which are insufficiently supplied with this service | - | — | — | — | - | |||||||||||
Provision of Home Helps | - | 3 | 15 | 0 | 54 | 15 | 0 | 219 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 0 | |||
Provision for Necessitous Women of a Doctor—for illness connected with Pregnancy and for aid in Confinement | - | - | 20 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 2 | 6 | - | |||||||
Provision in Necessitous Cases of Home Nursing—for cases of Measles, Whooping Cough and Epidemic Diarrhoea in young children and cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | 79 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||
Hospital Provision— | ||||||||||||||||
Directly by the Council, Maintenance Expenses | — | 60 | 15 | 0 | (b)3,115 | 10 | 0 | (a) 1,994 | 17 | 0 | — | |||||
(b)4,929 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
6,924 | 10 | 0 | 8,824 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
. Furniture and equipment (Renewals) | - | — | - | - | 104 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
Alteration and Adaptation of Premises at Municipal Hospital | - | - | 1,714 | 10 | 2 | 1,019 | 18 | 2* | - | |||||||
Furniture and Equipment | — | — | 1,270 | 18 | 8½ | 377 | 6 | 0 | — | |||||||
2,985 | 8 | 10½ | 1,397 | 4 | 2 | 19,967 | 11 | 9 | ||||||||
*This amount was reduced by £593 10s. 3d. |