[Report 1909] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough.

  • Bedford Borough Council
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bedford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lO £ s. (1. £ s, d. Brought P'orward 528 2 11 Salary of Matron 43 6 3 Salary of Staff Nurse 30 o o Salary of Caretaker and Wife 69 17 6 Salary of Laundrymaid 19 5 3 Salary of Wardmaid, and Extra Help 17 i 5 179 10 5 £jo7 13 10 Received from Patients 52 17 o Total cost £^SA 16 10 EXPENDITURE. £ s- d. 1902. 112 Patients 963 12 10 1903. no „ 1001 15 10 1904- 57 .. 448 10 7 1906. 272 „ 1414 18 8 1907. 78 „ 658 16 6 1908. 123 „ 692 16 10 1909. 85 ,, 654 16 10 STATUTE FAIRS. The dwelling vans of the .Showmen who visit the Town for the purpose of attending these fairs, were all inspected. The condition of the vans was satisfactory, though T believe many of them were overcrowded during the night. No cases of sickness were discovered among the occupiers, but the congregation of visitors from the surrounding villages into the fair ground, at each fair, is not conducive to the health and morals of the community. COMMON LODGING HOUSES. The Common Lodging Houses on the Register number 5, with 74 beds, all being up to December last part of houses licensed for the retail of beer. But “ The Royal Oak ” is now a Common Lodging House without a licen.se for sale of beer, that having been refused by the INIagistrates. This is a step in the right direction with regard to Common Lodging Houses. Numerous visits of inspection have been made by myself in com- pany with the Medical Officer of Health, and, with the exception of a caution to the keeper of “ The Boot,” by the Medical Officer of Health as to the taking in of women lodgers in a cottage adjoining, no fault could be found with the manner in which they were conducted The rooms and beddings, etc., being kept in a clean condition, the periodical statutory limewashing of the premises being observed. COMMON LODGING HOUSES. The following are the names of the houses, the number of beds in each house, and the number of persons who stayed in the house during the year, as shown by the weekly returns;—
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