The four main Utility Services processed by the Bank were for the collection of
Water, Electric, Gas & Rates Accounts. These commenced on the following dates:
Water - October 1921; Electric - April 1925; Gas - October 1926; Rates - October 1929

Amount Collected (£)

	Water	Electric	Gas	Rates
1920
1921
1922	7,261
1923	26,072
1924	34,032
1925	40,902
1926	45,949	4,872
1927	57,490	17,893	21,287
1928	66,953	32,227	52,665
1929	70,178	44,992	63,804
1930	80,365	57,852	87,296	74,335
1931	92,408	77,264	113,268	232,028
1932	103,463	99,278	133,341	296,022
1933	112,775	117,864	147,995	333,879
1934	120,888	137,075	154,310	370,614
1935	131,602	154,071	164,869	404,882
1936	143,635	173,406	177,237	460,564
1937	142,842	185,792	199,942	514,353
1938	143,161	241,259	210,655	567,454
1939	153,693	296,617	216,360	639,726
1940	166,642	325,777	228,946	688,380
1941	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1942	169,881	380,366	216,999	824,046
1943	178,521	388,295	226,070	809,849
1944	177,451	372,960	225,565	778,925
1945	177,815	410,247	247,366	779,091
1946	177,390	436,069	274,234	829,297
1947	178,445	508,856	352,291	885,922
1948	179,220	576,766	347,486	1,035,937
1949	182,162	627,571	376,507	946,163
1950	187,279	745,611	434,154	948,697
1951	190,193	831,453	508,880	941,970
1952	191,257	922,415	591,549	1,065,466
1953	194,564	1,193,247	660,622	1,186,102
1954	198,214	1,236,942	717,624	1,286,476
1955	206,497	1,426,147	819,078	1,348,516
1956	209,627	1,588,263	916,621	1,387,234
1957	215,480	1,772,148	986,264	1,574,327
1958	199,349	1,653,588	989,133	1,928,733
1959	209,506	2,036,305	1,021,248	2,113,484
1960	213,718	2,277,875	985,140	2,081,216
1961	214,936	2,439,579	952,045	2,337,724
1962	216,171	2,587,890	927,902	2,344,960
1963	211,591	2,655,824	1,092,803	2,565,011
1964	218,067	2,726,630	1,180,495	2,422,476
1965	252,021	2,729,385	1,327,585	2,620,415
1966	254,022	3,031,766	1,453,667	2,829,679
1967	255,224	3,185,756	1,631,420	2,843,103
1968	257,920	3,087,749	1,836,432	2,920,211
1969	265,597	3,403,321	2,246,145	3,351,531
1970	441,783	3,492,420	2,477,798	3,836,245
1971	322,422	3,337,401	2,476,198	4,350,873
1972	471,706	3,615,259	2,720,373	4,640,138
1973	482,121	3,836,079	2,992,342	5,419,966
1974	494,485	3,935,316	3,154,267	6,766,916
1975	704,984	4,536,722	3,536,739	7,820,218
Mar 1976	1,134,195	6,142,089	4,253,334	10,523,845
Nov 1976	1,429,267	4,510,308	3,046,580	9,050,083
1977	1,608,566	8,560,097	6,327,791	11,367,837
1978	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1979	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	14,611,958	89,164,954	56,502,722	115,344,919

Number of Transactions

	Water	Electric	Gas	Rates
1920
1921
1922	5,855
1923	15,700
1924	20,480
1925	24,501
1926	28,373	4,588
1927	35,508	15,778	12,238
1928	42,067	26,554	30,038
1929	42,769	38,370	40,570
1930	47,949	48,556	57,397	10,187
1931	55,364	63,337	79,673	31,793
1932	61,051	79,907	95,788	40,489
1933	67,072	96,574	110,700	47,309
1934	72,051	115,881	120,909	52,439
1935	78,665	136,357	130,367	57,315
1936	86,781	157,386	140,900	65,510
1937	95,306	190,330	155,279	71,259
1938	104,195	249,402	171,835	76,794
1939	113,193	326,587	189,777	84,898
1940	123,165	364,680	193,658	91,020
1941	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1942	126,317	392,693	177,608	93,065
1943	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1944	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1945	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1946	131,207	421,415	173,060	100,517
1947	132,130	439,466	200,623	101,254
1948	133,971	476,483	199,089	103,149
1949	135,367	481,810	232,607	107,069
1950	136,444	525,429	275,197	108,315
1951	140,505	546,903	318,867	109,403
1952	144,073	560,206	387,214	111,473
1953	147,682	586,488	442,863	114,246
1954	151,196	579,465	528,453	116,017
1955	159,187	618,325	655,880	120,982
1956	162,697	641,651	744,441	126,052
1957	169,001	652,214	749,264	120,623
1958	176,276	585,244	689,664	125,876
1959	187,120	638,791	628,525	138,531
1960	191,955	613,735	553,722	143,114
1961	193,589	568,784	480,754	145,093
1962	194,311	525,573	446,159	145,737
1963	182,415	465,574	434,426	142,668
1964	188,167	438,729	445,147	141,050
1965	186,308	428,479	426,121	143,198
1966	188,572	413,854	375,173	140,374
1967	188,998	428,030	349,560	159,981
1968	191,762	415,634	337,683	183,337
1969	196,976	410,392	335,983	212,597
1970	193,880	406,401	340,589	217,047
1971	99,578	379,646	322,791	225,474
1972	108,843	377,415	333,170	238,976
1973	109,611	355,243	321,987	262,244
1974	108,312	348,721	340,056	283,701
1975	115,916	338,434	328,677	288,443
Mar 1976	112,232	340,076	326,675	321,089
Nov 1976	107,444	240,247	219,870	248,038
1977	104,849	383,526	347,985	319,428
1978	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1979	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	6,316,936	17,939,363	14,999,012	6,287,174

NOTES:

    (1)  Year Ended Nov-76 = April 1st to November 20th
    (2)  Water: 1921-1974 = Birmingham Water Department; 1975-1977 = Severn-Trent Water Authority
    (3)  Electric: 1926-1948 = Birmingham Electricity Supply Department; 1949-1977= Midlands Electricity Board
    (4)  Gas: 1927-1949 = Birmingham Gas Department; 1950-1977 = West Midlands Gas Board
    (5)  Rates: 1931-1977 = Birmingham Rates Department
    (6)  Only data for total collections (including Dustbin Hire) is available for the following years:
            1941 - 781,870 (£1,518,124)
            1943 - 830,174
            1944 - 825,492
            1945 - 839,002
    (7)  Average Payments (£) - 1932 Actual.............1932 @ 1977 Values...................1977 Actual

 

                - Water ............................ 1.69 ............................. 19.04 .................................... 15.34
                - Electric .......................... 1.24 ..............................13.97 .................................... 22.32
                - Gas ................................ 1.39 ..............................15.66 .................................... 18.18
                - Rates ............................. 7.31 ............................. 82.36 .................................... 35.59