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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
East Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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1.—IN-PATIENTS—
B. Annual Expenditure on In-Patients apart from that on Out-Patients ; Average Cost of each In-Patient per week ; and Average Cost of each In-patient.
| 1934 | Previous Year. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenditure on In-Patients (Pounds only). | †Average Cost of each In-Patient per week. | † Average Total Cost of each In-Patient | †Average Cost of each In-Patient per week. | † Average Total Cost of each In-Patient. | |||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||||||
| 1. Provisions (including Board of Officials) | 3,091 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 2. Surgery and Dispensary | 1,264 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 3. Domestic | 2,790 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4. Salaries and Wages (Maintenance) | 5,446 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | I | 2 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| 5. Miscellaneous | 463 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 6. Administration | 714 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Statistical Cost | 13,768 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 4 |
| 7. Establishment:— | |||||||||||||
| Renewals and Repairs | 120 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| 8. Finance | 990 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | ||||
| Total Cost | 14,878 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 |
•Average Cost per week found by dividing the amounts of Expenditure shown against each
heading and total by the average number of In-Patients resident daily (No. 1(e) in A above)
and dividing by the number of weeks in the year (viz., 52 1/7 or 52 2/7).
t Average Cost per In-Patient found by dividing the amounts of Expenditure shown against
each heading and total by the number of In-Patients treated to a conclusion during the year
(Nos. 2-f3—4 in A above).
2.—Out-Patients.
A. Numbers.
A. Numbers.
| Numbers in 1934 | Numbers in previous year | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Total number of new Out-Patients | 10,966 | 10,006 |
| 2. Total number of Out-Patient Attendances | 70,880 | 50,640 |
| Not | Not | |
| of the year | ascertain | ascertain |
| able | able | |
| 3,357 | 3,239 | |
| 1 above | ||
| (c) Number of Maternity Patients included in | — | — |
| No. 1 above, attended at home | ||
| (id) Number of Attendances on Maternity | — | — |
| Patients included in No. 2 above |