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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
Willesden 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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| Printing. Stationery, Postage, etc. | 26 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 7½ | 168 | 5 | 2 | 347 | 16 | 11½ | 422 | 6 | 4½ |
| Other items of Expenditure incurred:— | |||||||||||||||
| Clerical Stall of M.O.H. (including War Pay) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 80 | 8 | 2 | 608 | 16 | 5½ | 644 | 0 | 11 | 727 | 5 | 8 |
| Establishment Expenses—Clerk's and Accountant's Dept. | - | 83 | 10 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 612 | 14 | 9 | 539 | 17 | 9 | ||
| Medical Officer's Travelling Expenses | - | 20 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 113 | 10 | 7 | 117 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Provision of Offices and maintenance | 32 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 0 | 0 |
| Registrar's Returns | 38 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 12 | 9½ | 28 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 0 |
| State Insurance | — | 1 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Grant to Voluntary Centre | — | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sundries | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9½ | 11 | 2 | 8½ | 61 | 15 | 11J | 89 | 2 | 11½ |
| 415 | 14 | 5½ | 1,350 | 18 | 6 | 1,997 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
| Total | £491 | 1 | 11 | £2,091 | 16 | 0 | £12,687 | 12 | 10 | £25,108 | 9 | 4¾ | £22,135 | 8 | 4 |
| Deduct Receipts:— | |||||||||||||||
| Sales—Dried Milk and "Virol" | 120 | 5 | 8 | 223 | 9 | 1 | 850 | 7 | 10 | 1,439 | 8 | 1 | 1,848 | 0 | 6 |
| „ Drugs | - | — | - | — | 36 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gift towards alterations to Clinic | - | — | 100 | 0 | 0 | — | — | ||||||||
| Sale of Waste, etc. | — | — | 2 | 11 | 8 | — | — | ||||||||
| Sundries (including School for Hygiene, £16 2s. 6d.) | — | — | - | 61 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| £370 | 16 | 3 | 223 | 9 | 1 | 952 | 19 | 6 | 1,500 | 9 | 2 | 1,971 | 7 | 4 | |
| £1,868 | 6 | 11 | £11,734 | 13 | 4 | £23,608 | 0 | 2¾ | £20,164 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 'Grant from Ministry of Health | - | 142 | 1 | 9 | 790 | 17 | 3 | 5,504 | 19 | 0 | 13,664 | 0 | 11 | ||
| (a) Maternity cases. (b) Children under 5 years. | |||||||||||||||
Summary of payments made and amounts received during the year ended 31st March.
| 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | |||||||||||||
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| 1. Salaries— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| (a) Salary of School Medical Officer | 89 | 15 | 1 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 16 | 9 | 164 | 1 | 3 |
| 424 | 13 | 10 | 1,178 | 8 | 11 | 456 | 18 | 6 | 499 | 10 | 0 | 941 | 3 | 9 | 1,079 | 7 | 0 | |
| 140 | 4 | 2 | 150 | 6 | 7 | 119 | 13 | 5 | 91 | 7 | 11 | 328 | 18 | 6 | 628 | 2 | 8 | |
| (d) Salaries of School Nurses | 447 | 17 | 10 | 935 | 16 | 0 | 649 | 6 | 10 | 805 | 4 | 4 | 1,917 | 18 | 3 | 2,534 | 8 | 2 |
| 315 | 0 | 1 | 732 | 2 | 3 | 537 | 3 | 1 | 512 | 10 | 2 | 839 | 16 | 61 | 1,296 | 12 | 8 | |
| (f) Uniforms for Nurses | — | - | — | — | — | 192 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2. Travelling expenses | 126 | 11 | 5 | 128 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 6 | 1 | 136 | 10 | 11 | 148 | 6 | 61 | 181 | 18 | 7 |
| 3. Printing, stationery, postage, etc. | 267 | 2 | 8 | 257 | 2 | 4 | 112 | 10 | 10 | 198 | 15 | 2½ | 284 | 13 | 11 | 165 | 16 | 8 |
| 4. Drugs, materials, etc. | 36 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 68 | 9 | 10 | 78 | 7 | 4 | 143 | 18 | 8 | 298 | 0 | 7 |
| 5. Apparatus (e.g., weighing machines, ophthalmoscopic, dental, X-ray apparatus) | 95 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 29 | 16 | 2 |
| 6. Provision of spectacles | 80 | 0 | 11 | 63 | 1 | 9 | 84 | 4 | 10 | 158 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 6 | 7 | 407 | 14 | 3 |
| 7. Contributions to external bodies (e.g., Hospitals, Infirmaries Nursing Associations) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
| 8. Cost of conveyance of children to centres for examination or treatment | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 9. Provision of premises, including payments in respect of loans | 118 | 1 | 9 | 134 | 12 | 7 | 110 | 5 | 6 | 173 | 15 | 8 | 2,316 | 5 | 0 | 423 | 17 | 10 |
| 10. Maintenance of premises (e.g., rent, rates, heating, lighting, cleaning, upkeep of furniture) | 146 | 19 | 0 | 320 | 2 | 0 | 226 | 14 | 6 | 139 | 16 | 5 | 384 | 8 | 6 | 872 | 14 | 7 |
| 11. Any expenditure not included in 1-10 above | 7 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10½ | 33 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 17 | 1 |
| Total | £2,295 | 17 | 10 | 4,166 | 8 | 5 | 2,622 | 16 | 10 | 2,910 | 3 | 2 | 7,664 | 19 | 5 | 8,301 | 8 | 10 |
| Total amount paid by, or recovered from, parents | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 56 | 15 | 3 |
| From other sources | — | - | - | - | — | 29 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Net Total | £2,294 | 0 | 1 | 4,162 | 12 | 11 | 2,616 | 14 | 1 | 2,902 | 12 | 11 | 7,641 | 2 | 8 | 86 | 3 | 0 |
| Grant from Board | 997 | 3 | 7 | 1,014 | 8 | 3 | 1,854 | 18 | 11 | 1,177 | 10 | 4 | 1,306 | 3 | 9 | 8,215 | 5 | 10 |
| 2,514 | 7 | 7* | ||||||||||||||||
| *Now merged in the substantive grant | ||||||||||||||||||