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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH— continued

(a) Premium on fidelity-guarantee policy, £3 4s. Bd.; charge for safe deposit of keys, ss. ; allowance to New Zealand representative at conference of office International D'Hygiene Publique, £l2 10s.; fee for attending [Health Congress, Torquay, £2 12s. 6d.; refund of fees of Post-graduate course in Pediatrics (3 persons), £9 95.; rental, British Medical Association Rooms, for Advisory Committee, £4 ; framed picture for Gynaecological Institute, Auckland, £3 13s. 3d.; expenses Advisory Committees, £4 4s. 6d.: total, £39 18s. lid. (b) Expenditure higher than estimated and recoveries were also proportionately higher.

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1947-48. 1948-49. VOTE—HEALTH— continued 1 Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. I — Health —continued £ £ £ Other Charges for and incidental to — continued General A dministration- —c ontinued Uniforms, allowances to nurses for 1,500 3,500 3,459 Uniforms, purchase of, for nursing staff 3,000 850 1,366 Contingencies 50 50 {a) 40 Civil Nursing Reserve 5 538,599 515,469 507,281 Dangerous Drugs Act (part recoverable) — Other expenses 50 75 Dentists Act — Expenses (recoverable) 50 50 37 Health Act— Board of Health : expenses (including fees to members) 50 50 68 Compensation payable under Health Act 10 5 Infectious diseases (part recoverable) 1,100 1,000 1,148 Inspection of vessels (part recoverable) 1,100 1,000 1,052 Notification of infectious diseases 300 500 213 Other expenses 110 110 107 Quarantine expenses 10 20 Sera, purchase of (recoverable) 110,000 85,000 (b) 111,062 112,680 87,685 113,650