This report looks at the benefits of introducing a washing machine into a hospital kitchen. Pots and pans were cleaner with a lower bacteria count, so the benefits derived were considered well worth the expense involved.
The King's Fund Catering Advisory Service undertook to investigate the provisions costs at Hammersmith Hospital. for this purpose the Treasurer's Department submitted records of patient occupancy, ward meal requisitions, hospital and medical school staff meals, stores issue sheets and the menus for the period 9th to 22nd February 1970 inclusive. ...
A survey was undertaken to examine the cost of the catering service provided in small hospitals where catering staff costs were considered to be high. The hospitals surveyed were : Cambourne-Redruth hospital; Penrice hospital; St Austell district hospital and for each hospital the salaries and wages expenditure, and the provisions ...