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Hackney 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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installation of the extra clinics at No. 28, Lower Clapton Road,
instead of at premises rented for that purpose.
The estimate of the cost of alterations, provisionally accepted
by the Ministry at £750, still requires the formal approval of the
Ministry.
Particulars of the extension are as follows :—
(1) An increased contribution of £50 per annum to the
King's Home for Nurses, for nursing assistance.
(2) The appointment of an additional Fifth Class Clerk,
and the promotion of Mr. H. C. Bowman from Class 4 to
Class 2; the additional salary required amounting to £180
per annum.
(3) The appointment of four additional Health Visitors, the
total additional salaries amounting to £980 per annum.
(4) (a) The transfer from the Electricity Department to this
Department of No. 28, Lower Clapton Road, at the sum of
£1,771, the annual loan charge on this amount (30 years at
4f per cent.) being £111.
(b) The provision of equipment at an estimated cost of
£416.
(c) An estimated expenditure upon rates and taxes at the
rate of £70 per annum.
(5) The appointment of a Resident Caretaker at a salary
(including value of emoluments) of £234. 10s. Od. per annum.
(6) The provision of two Welfare, two Ante-Natal, one
Dental, and one Light Treatment Clinic, at an expenditure
of £680 per annum.
(7) Alteration of the premises by the Borough Engineer
and Surveyor, at an estimated cost of £750.