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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 21.
| Expenditure | Cost per Patient per week | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | S. | d. | |
| Salaries and Wages | 5742 | 44 | 9 |
| Superannuation | 184 | 1 | 5 |
| Provisions | 2564 | 20 | 0 |
| Anti-toxin | 360 | 2 | 10 |
| Disinfectants, Drugs and Appliances | 220 | 1 | 9 |
| Coal, Coke and Firewood | 778 | 6 | 1 |
| Electricity, Gas and Water | 1157 | 9 | 0 |
| Furniture, Bedding and Linen | 189 | 1 | 5 |
| Uniforms and Dresses | 106 | 10 | |
| Chandlery and Sundries | 523 | 4 | 1 |
| Crockery and Hardware | 32 | 3 | |
| General Repairs | 429 | 3 | 4 |
| Special Repairs and Alterations | 700 | 5 | 5 |
| Garden Implements, Seeds, etc. | 68 | 6 | |
| Maintenance and Upkeep of Ambulances | 623 | 4 | 11 |
| Printing, Stationery and Advertisements | 85 | 8 | |
| Rent of Telephone | 53 | 5 | |
| Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 364 | 2 | 10 |
| Cinema Apparatus, Films, etc. | 15 | 1 | |
| Provision of Greenhouse | 200 | 1 | 7 |
| £14392 | 112 | 2 | |
Cancer.
No investigations have been undertaken as set out in Circular
1136 of 31st July, 1930.
Lectures are given to women's organisations and other associations
on the subject of Cancer. Patients are referred to the
general hospitals for investigation and special treatment.