Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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2. The "Establishment Expenses" (as defined by the
Act) of the whole hospital to be borne in proportion
to the assessable value of the two districts.
3. The "Patients' Expenses" (as defined by the Act) of
all patients other than scarlet fever patients, to be
borne in proportion to the assessable value of the
two districts.
4. When the number of scarlet fever patients in the
hospital does not exceed 30, the "Patients' Expenses"
(as defined by the Act) of such patients to
be borne in proportion to the assessable value of the
two districts.
5. When the number of scarlet fever patients in the
hospital exceeds 30, the "Patients' Expenses" (as
defined by the Act) of 30 of such patients to be
borne in proportion to the assessable value of the
two districts, and the "Patients' Expenses" (as
defined by the Act) of the remainder to be borne by
the district from which the patients last admitted
in excess of 30 are sent.
It must be understood that the above terms are to be
taken as a whole and are not severable.
I shall be glad of your reply in due course.
Yours faithfully,
F. B. Senior, Esq., (Signed) H. J. Baker,
Town Clerk, Clerk of the Council.
Richmond, Surrey.
The matter has been carefully considered, and the Committee
direct the attention of the Town Council to the letter of the 13th
June, 1904, addressed by the Local Government Board to the
Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council (vide page 45 of the
Minutes of the Town Council) and to the suggestions made by the
Board for the settlement of the question at issue between the two
Councils.