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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOE THE

SOCIAL SECURITY FUND— continued

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VOTE—MEDICAL, HOSPITAL, ETC., BENEFITS— continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. II — Medical Benefits Charges for and incidental to — Capitation fees General medical services Special arrangements under section 82, Social Security Act Mileage fees : medical practitioners Purchase of sites and erection, renovation, and maintenance of residences for medical officers under section 26, Social Security Amendment Act, 1943 (on account) — £ Works .. .. .. 5,000 Other expenditure .. .. 2,800 £ 22,000 2,100,000 40,000 110,000 7,800 200 £ 30,000 1,699,000 35,000 90,000 8,600 200 £ 22,945 1,993,806 37,714 109,522 3,839 Remuneration allowances and expenses of medical practitioners in areas other than those covered by section 82, Social Security Act .. Total — Subdivision No. II 2,280,000 1,862,800 2,167,826 Subdivision No. Ill — Hospital Benefits Charges for and incidental to — Treatment in public hospitals Out-patient treatment Treatment in private hospitals Treatment in approved institutions 1,580,000 120,000 255,000 45,000 1,600,000 100,000 250,000 45,000 1,536,417 117,385 252,850 42,837 Total — Subdivision No. Ill 2,000,000 1,995,000 1,949,489 Subdivision No. IV — Pharmaceutical Benefits Charges for and incidental to — Drugs, &c, supplied by— Chemists .. .. Medical practitioners Institutions 1,600,000 6.000 45,000 1,400,000 6,000 45,000 1,507,521 5,973 44,856 Total — Subdivision No. IV 1,651,000 1,451,000 1,558,350