View report page

152
fed, provided their general health makes them equally resistant, and
provided the rules of the Depot as regards the use of the Depot
bottles are strictly adhered to; but in practice both these provisions
frequently fail to be complied with.
Cost of the Depot. It is satisfactory to find that, although more
children have been fed, the cost of the Depot was slightly less than
in 1907, and the loss consequently less. The total loss on working
expenses and loan charges was £418 7s. 4d., compared with
£500 11s. 3d., the loss for 1907.
The income increased by some £80, while the expenditure remained
about the same.
The cost to the ratepayers of the Depot is equal to a rate of oneeighth
of a penny.
The Borough Treasurer has kindly supplied a full revenue account
which is given below.