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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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Summary of payments actually made and sums actually received within the year ended
31st March.
| 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | ||||||||||||||
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| 1. | Payments— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| (1) | Purchase of food | 1,202 | 1 | 5 | 749 | 11 | 9 | 1,794 | 18 | 2 | 2,216 | 19 | 9 | 1,438 | 4 | 9 | ||
| (2) | Salaries and wages | 956 | 6 | 11 | 659 | 11 | 3 | 871 | 4 | 4 | 1,451 | 2 | 1 | 1,423 | 8 | 6 | ||
| (3) | Provision of premises | — | 11 | 5 | 7 | 404 | 1 | 11 | — | 886 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| (4) | Maintenance of premises (e.g., heating, lighting, cleaning, rent, rates, taxes) | 364 | 18 | 10 | 345 | 18 | 7 | 351 | 18 | 4 | 475 | 2 | 1 | 345 | 10 | 9 | ||
| (5) | Furniture and equipment— | |||||||||||||||||
| (a) | Initial equipment of new premises | 51 | 12 | 1 | — | 36 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | - | ||||||
| (ft) | Annual repairs, replacements, etc. | 48 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 11 | 8 | 76 | 0 | 2 | ||
| (6) | Printing, stationery, postages, etc. | 27 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 6 | ||
| (7) | Conveyance of Children | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| (8) | Carriage of food, etc. | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| (9) | Any expenditure not included in (1)— (8) above | 57 15 1 | 28 1 7 | 32 14 2 | 40 18 6 | 17 6 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2,708 | 18 | 1 | 1,832 | 10 | 4 | 3,559 | 4 | 7 | 4,321 | 18 | 2 | 4,203 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Less meals supplied to children attending Special Schools | 237 | 6 | 3 | 221 | 5 | 8 | 155 | 10 | 8 | 209 | 14 | 3 | 350 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Total | £2,471 | 11 | 10 | 1,611 | 4 | 8 | 3,403 | 13 | 11 | 4,112 | 3 | 11 | 3,853 | 6 | 6 | |||
| 2. | Receipts— | |||||||||||||||||
| Amount paid or recovered from parents | 44 | 7 | 3 | 79 | 7 | 6 | 197 | 5 | 11 | 252 | 11 | 8 | 178 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Amount received from voluntary contributions | — | — | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous receipts | — | — | 18 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| Maternity and Child Welfare | — | 518 | 10 | 9 | 649 | 6 | 4 | 465 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 4 | 4 7 | 3 | 79 | 7 | 6 | 734 | 0 | 8 | 937 | 19 | 4 | 675 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Amount received in respect of M. & C.W., for year 1916-17 | — | — | 30 | 3 | 5 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Net total expenditure | £2,427 | 4 | 7 | 1,531 | 17 | 2 | 2,639 | 9 | 10 | 3,174 | 4 | 7 | 3,178 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total number of meals provided:— | 1918. | 1919. | 1920. | |||||||||||||||
| Dinners | 111,570 | 144,662 | 94,945 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Meals | 343 | 28 | 1,834 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 111,913 | 144,690 | 96,779 | |||||||||||||||
| Average total cost per meal | 6.174d. | 5.737d. | 8.895d. | |||||||||||||||
| Average cost per meal for food only | 3.053d. | 2.943d. | 3.043d. | |||||||||||||||
| Charge fixed under Section 2 of the Act of 1906 for each meal | 4d. | 4d. | 4d. | |||||||||||||||
| Number of children whose meals were paid for by their parents:— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wholly | Nil. | 488 | 276 | |||||||||||||||
| Partly | 378 | Nil. | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Part of Year Paying and Part of Year Free | — | — | 70 | |||||||||||||||
| Grant received from Board | £680 | 18 | 9 | £1,319 | 14 | 11 | £21,587 | 2 | 3* | |||||||||
| *Now merged in the substantive grant. | ||||||||||||||||||