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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Statement shewing expenditure on Isolation Hospital and Scarlet Fever Convalescent Home for year ended March 31st, 1904:—
| Isolation Hospital. | Convalescent Home. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Salaries and Wages | 1095 | 12 | 4 | 292 | 14 | 3 |
| Bread and Flour | 96 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 9 |
| Groceries | 311 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 10 | 3 |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 89 | 15 | 11 | 36 | 8 | 5 |
| Milk | 157 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 2 |
| Meat | 267 | 9 | 3 | 147 | 16 | 5 |
| Fish | 48 | 18 | 1 | 15 | x7 | 8 |
| Stimulants (Brandy, etc.) | 29 | 16 | 6 | — | ||
| Disinfectants and Drugs | 250 | 15 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 5 |
| Medical Appliances | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Maintenance of outside Patients | 22 | 1 | 0 | — | ||
| Maintenance of Small Pox Patients | 188 | 8 | 0 | — | ||
| Chandlery and Domestic Articles | 155 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 15 | 5 |
| Coal and Coke | 156 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 6 | 10 |
| Lighting, Water, etc. | 217 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 15 | 5 |
| Rates, Taxes and Insurance | 51 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 12 | 8 |
| Bedding, Linen and Nurses' Uniforms | 145 | 15 | 6 | 46 | 6 | 1 |
| Furniture | 142 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 15 | 6 |
| Printing, Stationery and Books | 36 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 |
| Proportion of cost of Maintenance of Ambulance | 214 | 4 | 6 | 91 | 8 | 2 |
| Proportion of cost of Maintenance of Laundry | 432 | 14 | 8 | 207 | 10 | 7 |
| General Repairs to Buildings | 131 | 16 | 6 | 107 | 13 | 9 |
| Laying out Grounds | 137 | 2 | 11 | — | ||
| £4392 | 10 | 6 | £1392 | 11 | 11 | |
| Essex County Council— | ||||||
| Grant in aid of Maintenance | £233 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |