A £2400 BILL FOR A LEG.
The father of Kitano Kenji, a 15-year-old hoy who had his leg cut off by a tramway car at Hiroshima, is suing the tramway company for about £2,400 damages. This sum is made up as follows:
£ *. d. Medical treatment ... ... 30 0 0 University fees of £3 a month for five years ... 180 0 0 (Kenji being now disqualified for a free course at the Military College.) £1 10s a , month for nine years until graduation... 162 0 0 Payment thereafter at the same rate till the age of 55 558 0 0 Estimated loss of income for 31 years through having only one leg, at £1 a month ~.. ... ... 372 0 0 Attendant for two years at £1 a month ... ... 28 16 fl Artificial leg renewed every three years till the age of 55, at £5 per leg ... 70 0 0 Consolation for loss of leg 1,000 0 0
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 75, 2 August 1913, Page 7
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154A £2400 BILL FOR A LEG. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 75, 2 August 1913, Page 7
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