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Table 10—Duration of Unemployment Benefits Which Ceased During the Year Ended 31st March, 1950*

SICKNESS BENEFITS Particulars of applications for sickness benefit dealt with during the last two years,, and the number in force at 31st March, 1949 and 1950, are shown in the following table :

Table 11—Sickness Benefits: Applications Granted and Declined, and Benefits in Force, 1948-49 and 1949-50

Payment of additional benefit for a dependent wife was included in 12,572 of the benefits granted during 1949-50 and in 2,280 of the benefits in force at 31st March, 1950. The total expenditure for the year ended 31st March, 1950, amounted to £1,008,651, compared with £911,107 for the previous year, an increase of £97,544.

Table 12—Duration of Sickness Benefits Which Ceased During the Year Ended 31st March, 1950

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Number of Weeks on Benefit. Total. 1-4 5-12 13 -25 26-52 Over Age. Weeks. Weeks. Weeks. Weeks. 52 Weeks. | Males. Females 1 Males. Females Males. Females Males. Females Males. Females Males. Females-16-19 1 2 1 4 20-29 23 1 15 i 5 1 1 44 3 30-39 44 31 11 3 1 90 40-49 57 35 I 16 4 112 i 50-59 31 i 17 15 7 70 1 60 and over .. 4 •• 9 3 16 | • • Total .. 160 2 109 2 51 1 15 1 336 5 * Excluding benefits paid for less than three days. Three days and over counted i is a full week.

1948-49. 1949-50. Males. Females. Total. Males. j Females. Total. Benefits granted Applications declined Benefits in force at 31st March 23,150 2,665 3,536 7,271 832 1,409 30,421 3,497 4,945 21,901 2,104 3,539 6,902 635 1,392 28,803 2,739 4,931

N umber of Benefits. Period of Sickness Benefit. * Males. Female?. Total. 1-4 weeks 9,888 2,615 12,503 5-12 weeks 7,099 2,233 9,332 13-25 weeks 2,855 1,137 3,992 25-52 weeks 1,360 559 1,919 Over 52 weeks 696 375 1,071 Total 21,898 6,919 28,817