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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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| Cost of Maintenance, Etc. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Salaries | 3,473 | 12 | 11 |
| Repairs to buildings | 459 | 6 | 5 |
| Furniture, fittings and utensils | 596 | 15 | 11 |
| Maintenance of ambulance | 232 | 7 | 9 |
| Medical and surgical requisites | 895 | 10 | 11 |
| Provisions | 2,313 | 17 | 6 |
| Fuel, light and cleaning | 1,149 | 10 | 2 |
| Rates, taxes and insurance | 743 | 9 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 157 | 5 | 10 |
| Superannuation—employer's contribution | 69 | 19 | 6 |
| Loan Charges | 1,651 | 10 | 11 |
| Closing of path | 42 | 6 | 10 |
| Making of path. | 167 | 13 | 6 |
| 11,953 | 7 | 3 | |
| Administrative Charges—proportion. | 379 | 16 | 2 |
| £12,333 | 3 | 5 | |
The patients spent 35,643 days in hospital, so that the average
cost of each patient per day was 6/11½. Taking the patient-days
35,643, and the staff-days 13,031, or a total of 48,674, the average
cost of food works out at 11½d. per person per day.
MATERNITY HOSPITAL.
The number of patients admitted to the Maternity Hospital
during the period 1st April, 1933, to the 31st March, 1934, was
509, a total which is slightly below that of the previous twelve months.
The cases admitted to the hospital in successive years since its opening have been as follows:-
| 1921-22 | 109 | 1928-29 | 450 |
| 1922-23 | 235 | 1929-30 | 534 |
| 1923-24 | 284 | 1930-31 | 561 |
| 1924-25 | 369 | 1931-32 | 546 |
| 1925-26 | 388 | 1932-33 | 524 |
| 1926-27 | 358 | 1933-34 | 509 |
| 1927-28 | 407 |