Extracted from the Archives of Rowan Flack,
Former Chief Nursing Officer, Rushden Hospital
Appendix IV
Statistics of Institutions comparable with Rushden House Sanatorium
Average
No. of
nursing
staff
including
Matron
Salaries, Wages, Uniforms, &c
per inmate week
Total Costs
per inmate week
Local
Authority
Sanatorium
No.
of
beds
Percent-
age of
bed cases
Average
resident
staff per
10 beds
Nursing Staff.
Other Staff.
Including
loan charges
Excluding
loan charges
s.
d.
s.
d.
s.
d.
s.
d.
Bedfordshire
County
Council
Mogger-
hanger
84
63.3
8
2.4
6.
6.2
5.
4.7
53.
1.9
47.
11.6
Lancashire
County
Council
Elswick
70
53.8
11
3.3
5.
1.8
9.
3.3
58.
1.5
57.
8.5
Southampton
County
Council
The Mounts
(Southam-
pton)
75
55.3
11
4.0
4.
1.7
5.
0.7
51.
5.4
42.
10.2
West Sussex
County
Council
Alding-
bourne
House
70
50.0
10
3.1
5.
8.1
5.
9.0
42.
1.3
42.
1.3
Somerset
County
Council
Quantock
68
31.2
11
3.7
3.
11.0
5.
7.2
58.
9.3
44.
6.7
Average
73.4
50.7
10.1
3.1
5.
0.9
6.
2.5
52.
8.6
47.
0.4
Northamp-
tonshire
County
Council
Rushden
House
84
50.2
14
3.2
3.
7.3
3.
8.9
38.
2.5
34.
4.9