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An addendum to this report relating to grants in aid
has been omitted in consequence of variations necessitated
by the circular letter from the Local Government Board dated
December 6th, 1912.
Under the heading "Finance," this circular letter
contains the following:—
"As regards capital expenditure the Board indicated in
"their circular letter of the 14th of May last the amounts of
" the grants which they are prepared to make."
(The circular letter of the 14th of May referred to indicated
that the grant will amount to four-fifths of the capital outlay
on Dispensaries, subject to certain limitations, viz., that the
grant should not exceed £240 for one Dispensary.)
The Circular letter of December 6th also states, in regard
to grants in aid of annual charges and expenses,—
"The intention is that the amount of the annual grant
"should be one-half of the total net cost incurred, within
"reasonable limits, by or on behalf of a County or County
"Borough Council, or combinations of these bodies, in the
"treatment in dispensaries, sanatoria, and hospitals which
"form parts of a scheme approved by the Board for the
"general treatment of tuberculosis in the area, of all
"persons, whether insured persons, dependants of insured
"persons, or persons who are neither themselves insured
"persons nor their dependants, after deducting the amounts
"received from Insurance Committees out of the moneys
"available under the National Insurance Act for sanatorium
"benefit, and any sums received in respect of the treatment
"of non-insured persons or otherwise.
"The Local Authority and the Exchequer would thus
"each be responsible for one-half of the net deficiency on the
"whole scheme."
It will be noticed that it is intended that treatment
shall be given to insured persons, and their dependants, and to
persons who are not insured under the National Insurance Act.