By Wilfrid Edgecombe, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.
The history of the Harrogate and District General
Hospital
Major items of expenditure
1952, food conveyors, £560; 1953, biophysical equipment, £1.133;
incubator, £400; 1954, premature baby unit, £200; food conveyor,
£234; Calomay boiler, £226; cots, £257; wardrobes, £285; bedside
stools, £569; mattresses, £550; car park, £445. 1956, bedpan
washers. £743; flooring of wards, £815; mattresses, £562. 1956,
antenatal clinic and premature baby unit, 15185; bedpan washers,
£795; flooring in Hut C, £451. 1957, antenatal clinic and premature
baby unit, £1,207; dishwashing machine, £441; radio installation,
£520; floor tiling, £389; cubicles in wards, £250; bedpan washers, £245; verandah, out-patients' department, £209; sound projector,
£205; greenhouse heating, £205.
Cost of medical services
Prior to the takeover in 1948 the consultant medical and
surgical services were on a voluntary basis, with the exception of
the relatively small amount granted during the years 1945-48 from
the medical staff fund. The resident house officers were, of course,
paid. For the years 1955-56 and 1956-57 the figures are as follows:
| |
1955-56 |
1956-57 |
| Consultants, senior hospital medical
officers and registrars |
£31,936 |
£36,370 |
| House officers |
£3,900 |
£3,748 |
| Dental |
£164 |
£186 |
| |
£35,990 |
£40,302 |
