HISTORY: 1936 “The services for which the hospital billed my parents are itemized thus: Flat rate for 12 days room and board, delivery room, anesthesia, laboratory tests, routine medicines, care of baby included. The total bill: $40”.
~ Nick Herbert
Many thanks to Nick Herbert, for his birth bill, and giving me permission for sharing it.
Iman Nawab
and what was an average salary in US at that time?
that would be $685.58 in today’s money. I would say about right for 12 days in the hospital.
remedy for cough-?
For today, around $12000. How far we’ve come.