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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WILLESDEN URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
MOTOR SERVICES.
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 19.J1.
Year 1929-30.
Cost per
Mile.
Expenditure.
Year 1930-31.
Cost per
Mile.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
d.
Running Expenses—
656
12
10
Petrol
636
18
5½
26
5
10½
Oil and Grease
37
3
0
138
15
3
Tvres
134
3
1½
821
13
11½
1.571
808
4
7
1,474
Wages and Emoluments—
322
1
7
Mechanic Superintendent
350
6
11
3,170
8
2½
Drivers, etc.
3,307
12
5
26
17
9
National Insurance (Employer's
tributions)
28
7
7
3,519
7
6½
6,733
3,686
6
11
6,724
Fixed and General Charges—
187
0
0
Rent (Garage and Mess Room)
187
0
0
126
4
5
Repairs, Plant, etc.
132
8
8
27
0
9
Painting, etc., Bodies of Vehicles
62
9
5
78
0
4
Coal, Gas, etc.
78
18
7
72
18
3
Uniforms and Overalls
89
5
11
87
8
1
Insurance of Vehicles
102
15
11
97
11
8
Motor Car Registration
109
12
0
5
5
0
Drivers' Licences, etc.
6
17
6
65
10
4
Accessories and Sundries
69
15
8
746
18
10
1,430
839
3
8
1 ,531
Depreciation and Interest Charges—
Amount written off value of vehicles
in accordance with Medical Officer
of Health's Valuation
1,131
10
0
1,264
7
4
118
18
7
Interest on Capital employed
127
2
5
1,383
5
11
2,644
1,258
12
5
2.296
6,471
6
3
12,378d
£6,592
7
7
12.025d.
Income.
£
s.
. d.
Use of Vehicles for :—
£
s.
d.
5
6 1
5 6
Conveyance of Patients
57
6
0
12
19
0
Election purposes
2
17
0
£69
17
6
£60
3
0
10,225
Gallons
Petrol consumed
10,476
Gallons
125,528
Miles
Miles run by all vehicles
131,564
Miles
12,277
Miles
Miles run per gallon of petrol consumed
12.654
Miles.
Vehicles in use :—
31st March, 1930
14
31st March, 1931
15
Finance Department,
Town Hall, Dyne Road,
Kilburn, N.W. 6.
August, 1931.
APPENDIX D.
REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL LIGHT TREATMENT, VARICOSE ULCERS AND RINGWORM
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1931.
by
H. HALDIN-DAVIS, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Dermatologist to the Council.
Light Treatment.
During the year 1931 the numbers of patients attending for Light treatment at Willesden
Lane and Stonebridge Centres were well maintained. This was the first complete year of working
of the Stonebridge Centre, for it was only opened in April, 1930. No one inspecting the crowded and
busy waiting and treatment rooms of the Artificial Light Department could have any doubt of its
popularity among the parents of the district. I have often seen as many as 70 patients, new and old
together, in one afternoon. The general type of patient has remained very much the same as during
former years. Weakly and delicate children, but with no definite ailment, form the majority, with
a considerable percentage of children suffering from chronic bronchitis and asthma, who almost