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 West Ham]
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respect of the Patients received into the Hospital from the
District of the Council:
(a) The names of the Patients.
(b) The number of days during such half-year each
Patient has remained in the Hospital.
(c) The amount due in respect of maintenance.
(d) The expenses (if any) incurred by the Corporation
under the concluding paragraph of Clause 2
hereof and
(e) The total amount accordingly due from the Council
and the Council will within one month after the receipt of
this account duly satisfy and discharge the same by
payment to the Corporation.
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4. This Agreement shall not be construed as conferring upon the
Council or their Medical Officer of Health or any Nominee
or Agent of the Council any authority or voice in the
management or administration of the Hospital or in the
appropriation or expenditure of any monies paid by the
Council or in the method of treatment or maintenance of
any Patient admitted from the Council's District but in
all respects the Hospital and the distribution of the funds
provided therefor shall be under the sole control and
government of the Corporation and their Medical Officer
of Health Agents and servants without any interference
on the part of the Council but a duly authorised officer of
the Council may during a period of 14 days after the
delivery of the Account referred to in Clause 3 hereof
inspect the Books and Accounts of the Corporation