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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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TABLE 18.
Borough Infectious Diseases Hospital. Year ended 31st March, 1935.
| Expenditure | Cost per Patient per week | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Salaries and Wages | 6,153 | 20 | 5 |
| Superannuation | 161 | 0 | 6 |
| Provisions | 3,380 | 11 | 3 |
| Anti-toxin | 1,100 | 3 | 8 |
| Disinfectants, Drugs and Appliances | 379 | 1 | 3 |
| Coal, Coke and Firewood | 774 | 2 | 7 |
| Electricity, Gas and Water | 1,148 | 3 | 10 |
| Furniture, Bedding and Linen | 201 | 0 | 8 |
| Uniforms and Dresses | 125 | 0 | 5 |
| Chandlery and Sundries | 560 | 1 | 11 |
| Crockery and Hardware | 56 | 0 | 2 |
| General Repairs | 546 | 1 | 10 |
| Garden Implements, Seeds, etc. | 66 | 0 | 2 |
| Maintenance and Upkeep of Ambulances | 556 | 1 | 10 |
| Printing, Stationery and Advertisements | 83 | 0 | 3 |
| Rent of Telephones | 98 | 0 | 4 |
| Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 323 | 1 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Reserve | 100 | 0 | 4 |
| £15,809 | 52 | 6 | |
Cancer.
The total deaths from Cancer during 1934 show some
decrease over the number for the previous year, viz., 201 against
218, a decrease of 17 deaths.
Propaganda has been carried out during the year on the
same lines as previously, namely, by the issuing of circulars and
advertisements in the local press.
It is not possible to state what use has been made by local
sufferers of the increased facilities now provided in National
Radium Centres.