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(5) The expenditure incurred in providing the "sanatorium
benefit" is to be defrayed through the
Insurance Commissioners and Insurance Committees
by a grant of Is. 3d. per annum for each
insured person, and by a further grant of Id. per
annum for each such person from a Parliamentary
grant, though, in this latter case the whole or
any part may be retained by the Commissioners for
the purpose of research. (Section 16 (2).)
(6) Special financial arrangements (as a temporary provision
pending the Act getting into proper working
order) have already been made by which each
Insurance Committee has been credited with the
sum of about ^,4 5s. per 1,000 of the total population
of its area, as from the commencement of
the Act (15th July, 1912), for the expenditure
necessary to provide such treatment for consumptives
as can be given during the first six months
of the Act being in force, viz., from 15th July,
1912, to 15th January, 1913, it being thought by
the Commissioners that, during that period, the
amount of money available will be less than the
amount which would be available in a similar period
after the Act is in full operation. (Memorandum
dated 6th July, 1912, No. 112, of the National Insurance
Commissioners.)
Financial Considerations.
A sum of 1/3 for each insured person per annum is
allowed to the Insurance Commissioners and the Insurance
Committees under the National Insurance Act, 1911, together
with an extra Id. (Parliamentary Grant) for each
insured person per annum; and, from the commencement
of the Act (i.e., July 15th, 1912), a sum equivalent to about
5s. Od. per 1,000 of the total population of its area
has been credited to each Insurance Committee, to cover
the necessary initial expenses connected with the treatment
of consumption during the first six months of the working
of the Act, viz.: July 15th, 1912, to July 15th, 1913. As