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be rapidly increased by the inclusion of non-insured and contacts,
and it would therefore be wise to assume that before very long a
thousand patients per annum would pass through the Dispensary,
the cost of treating whom it is estimated would amount to at
least £1 per head.
The cost of patients in Sanatoria has frequently been asserted
to amount from 30s. to 35s. per week ; and as it is proposed to
place the Sanatorium and Hospital together, it would be unwise
to estimate the ultimate cost, when the establishment is full, to
anything less than an all-round price of 35s. The annual cost of
120 beds at the above figure would amount to £10,920.
In addition to the above a sum of £200 per annum should
be allocated to the Public Health Department for home
disinfection, clerical work, &c.
If these assumed figures are correct—and it is suggested
that they form as low an estimate as possible—the cost of
maintenance would work out as under :—
£
Dispensary—Salaries of Staff, &c. 1,000
Cost of 1,000 patients 1,000
Sanatorium and Hospital—120 beds at 35s.
per week 10,920
Public Health Office 200
£13,120
The sum of £13,120 per annum would be a charge allocated
in varying proportions between the Insurance Committee, the
Council, and the Treasury.
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