Balance Sheet, 1851

The following balance sheet is from the Treasurers Accounts 1848-1856 (Dorset History Centre, reference NG/HH/DO(C)/4/1/2). Details of the individual receipts and payments for 1851 are also on this website.  The single biggest item of expenditure was salaries and wages (£227). The biggest source of revenue were the subscriptions (£822).  Just over £99 was spent on beer, porter, wine and spirits. By comparison the expenditure on drugs and equipment was £118.

Treasurers Statement of Account submitted to the Governors of The Dorset County Hospital
Receipts £ s d Payments £ s d
To Balance in Treasrs. hands 1st Jany. 1851 100 7 9 7488 lbs. of Meat 147 19 9
Divd. 3¼ p. Cents 101 7 3 13522 lbs. Bread 65 3 5
Congregational Collections 119 7 11 132 lbs. Flour 0 14 7
Donations 57 7 4 814 Qts. Milk 14 9 3
Donation G. Harris Esq. by Transfer of Stock 98 0 0 814 lbs. Butter 35 2 11
Subscriptions 822 10 0 127½ Doz. Eggs, Fish and Poultry 4 17 3
Household Servants 2 1 6 2007 lbs. Cheese 26 11 9
Chaplains Maintenance 15 0 0 588 lbs. Rice 4 13 9
Charity Boxes 2 18 10 195 lbs. Tea and Coffee 30 6 0
Out Patients Bottles 1 10 0 190 lbs. Sugar 3 14 6
Coal Ashes 0 10 0 Groceries 4 4 7
Baths 1 6 0 Potatoes Garden Seeds and Vegetables 18 11 5
Legacy Henry Jacob 200 0 0 2127 Gals. Beer and Porter 85 8 6
  Do. Sir James Ellery 50 0 0 Wine & Spirits 14 6 6
  Do. H. Sherren 50 0 0 Drugs Surgical Instruments and articles for Dispensary 118 4 2
. . . . 522 lbs. Soap Soda Starch and Washing 35 10 3
. . . . 342 lbs. Candles 7 4 9
. . . . Gas 12 11 5
. . . . 42 Tons of Coals 42 18 0
. . . . Wood 1 5 10
. . . . Brooms Brushes Cooperage &c. 2 7 10
. . . . Tin Earthenware and Ironmongery 3 13 3
. . . . Printing Stationery Advertisements Postage and Carriage 35 11 5
. . . . Linen Bedding and Clothing 26 14 4
. . . . Furniture and Repairs 22 15 6
. . . .00 Barber 6 8 2
. Incidentals 3 2 2
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3
. . . . Salaries and Wages 227 9 4
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1002

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7
. . . . Insurance 5 2 6
. . . . Quit Rent 0 10 0
. . . . Land Tax 3 1 0
. . . . Receipt Stamps 0 6 6
. . . . Purchase of 3¼ p. Cents 100 0 0
. . . .                   Do.                       Legacies 300 0 0
. . . .                   Do.                       W. Harris Donatn. 98 0 0
. . . . Balance in Treasurers hands 113 4 6
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7th. January 1852

Examined and approved

Edw. Pearse