B—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH—continued

(а) Includes provision for grant up to £4OO to Cawthron Institute to cover cost of mosquito control and identification of larvae, and additional provision for extensive Diphtheria Immunization Campaign. (б) Expenditure underestimated. Recoveries were correspondingly increased. (c) Overexpenditure mainly due to advances made to Hospital Boards under section 54 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926. (d) Includes cost of printing Medical Register, £l4O. (e) Overexpenditure due to increased number of nurses sitting for the State examinations, and corresponding increase .in fees payable to examiners and supervisors. (/) Overexpenditure due to increased cost of materials and number of candidates sitting for examination.

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V OTE—HEALTH —continued 1946-47. 1945-46. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued Dentists Act— Expenses (recoverable) Voted. Expended. £ 100 £ 75 £ 106 Health Act— Board of Health : expenses (including fees to members) Compensation payable under Health. Act Disinfectants, purchase of (part recoverable) Infectious diseases (part recoverable) Inspection of vessels (part recoverable) Notification of infectious diseases Sera, purchase of (recoverable) Other expenses Quarantine expenses 75 5 30 (a) 3,000 550 750 50,000 50 20 75 5 10 1,000 -550 500 34,500 50 10 57 30 1,048 544 818 (b) 51,394 25 49 54,480 36,700 53,965 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act— Subsidies to Hospital Boards Subsidies to separate institutions 1,725,000 400 1,575,000 200 (c) 1,714,779 400 1,725,400 1,575,200 1,715,179 Masseurs Registration Act — Examination expenses, &c. (part recoverable) 200 200 122 Medical Practitioners Act — Expenses (part recoverable) 200 200 (d) 386 Nurses and Midwives Registration Act — Examination expenses, &c. (part recoverable) 2,850 2,650 (e) 2,894 Opticians Act — Expenses (recoverable) 200 100 185 Plumbers Registration Act — Examination expenses, &c. (part recoverable) 600 450 (/) 551