MALINGERING.
Revelation Follows Coal Strike, i I GOVERNMENT FIGURES. ■ i i cii n a.1.1.1 j LONDON", February J2. In the lof lommon', a w ide,>[llo.l(l outbreak of malingering during I the coal stoppage was revealed in the Supplementary H>tiniate. concerning which Sir Kingslcy Wood (Conservative, Woolwich i. Under-Secretary of Health, said an additional £.V>o.ooo would be reijuired to pay the (lovernmont'? proportion of the Sickness Benefit Fund. The total claims amounted to 1 £2.300.000 over 102-">. Approved , Societies had referred 000.000 claims t<->, medical referees. I During the stoppage 40 per cent of; those id!- had preferred to lo»e their | ben'.'lit rather than submit t» exaniira- | tion. while only ti'i ]>er cent <>f the rc--1 ] niainder were found incapable of work..
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 9
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