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14
RECEIPTS.
The amount received from other Sanitary
Authorities for patients taken at their request was—
Acton, £137 14s. 0d.; Chiswick, £56 14s. 0d.;
Hendon Rural, £27 9s. 0d.; Wembley, £21 12s. 0d.;
Guardians, £3 13s. 7d. Total, £247 2s. 7d.
This might have been very much increased if
there had been accommodation, as 12 patients were
obliged to be refused in the latter part of the year.
I have placed the two years side by side for the
sake of comparison. The salaries of the Staff have
remained very nearly the same. The amount for
provisions has increased by £130, but in 1897 there
were 125 more patients to maintain than in the
previous year. The other items have varied, some
more and some rather less. Gas has been rather
less, although the number of burners in the latter
part of the year was increased. I think the incandescent
burners have, to a certain extent, reduced the
consumption.
There has been an additional expenditure in preparing
Stonebridge Farm for occupation and in
erecting the new iron building, also in providing
the furniture for the two places. Altogether the cost
came 1o £807, for which application will be made
to the Local Government Board to sanction a loan.
The average weekly cost of each patient during the
year for maintenance was 5s. 2d., and for the Staff
8s. 6½d. The expenditure for patients includes