4. Health Insurance Scheme. No general arrangements are in operation for the ascertainment by Poor Law Authorities of the amount of any cash benefits received under the Health Insurance scheme from Approved Societies, but an Authority can at any time request an applicant for relief to obtain from his Approved Society a statement of the benefits paid to him. 5. Other Schemes. No general arrangements are in force for the ascertainment by Poor Law Authorities of assistance given under such services as the School Meals and Maternity and Child Welfare services. Poor Law Authorities have, however, been encouraged by the Central Departments to institute with other Local Authorities, arrangements for an exchange of information similar to those made with the local offices of the Ministry of Labour, and local initiative has established a system of co-operation in a number of places. II. Old Age and Blind Pensions and other Schemes. 1. Poor Law. Under Statutory Regulations Poor Law Authorities are required to inform Old Age Pension Officers as to the amount of any poor relief granted to an old age pensioner or applicant for pension. 2. Unemployment Insurance Scheme. Pension authorities may ascertain from local offices of the Ministry of Labour the amount of any unemployment benefit in issue to a blind pensioner or to an applicant for pension. 3. War Service Compensation Scheme (Dependants', &c. Need Pensions). Old Age and Blind Pension Authorities can ascertain from the local offices of the Ministry of Pensions the amount of any war pension or allowance in issue to an old age or blind pensioner or to an applicant for pension. III. Other Schemes. Any statutory authority administering assistance out of public funds, e.g., the authorities administering the Maternity and Child Welfare, School Meals and Tuberculosis services, can obtain information as to unemployment benefit or war pension or allowance in issue to an applicant for assistance by reference to the local offices of the Ministries of Labour and Pensions under arrangements similar to those in operation between Poor Law Authorities and Employment Exchanges. Such authorities are also in a position to obtain official information from Poor Law Authorities. (c) Other special Arrangements for Administrative Co-ordination. (i) Representation of Local Authorities on Local Employment Committees. Representatives of Local Government Authorities are ordinarily appointed to sit on all Local Employment Committees attached to Employment Exchanges. The Committees have further been urged by the Ministry of Labour to co-opt representatives of local Poor Law Authorities to their membership and many Committees have co-opted representatives. 66 (ii) Arrangements for recovery of excess relief granted by Poor Law Authorities from the Ministry of Labour. (See Part I of this Appendir, paragraph A. 1. (b).) The Poor Law Authority notifies the local office of the Ministry of Labour as soon as possible of all cases in which excess relief" has been granted, intimating that in the event of unemployment benefit being subsequently allowed, a claim will be made for repayment of the relief. excess If benefit is allowed, the Poor Law Authority is so informed by the local office and the Authority is requested to furnish within four days a certificate showing the amount of excess relief which they have paid during the period for which they propose to claim. A form is supplied for this purpose. When the certificate and claim are received at the local office, they are examined and if in order the Authority is paid the amount of the claim, provided that it does not exceed the total amount of benefit for the period. Any balance remaining after the Authority's claim has been satisfied is paid to the applicant. (iii) Arrangements for the Co-ordination of Medical Benefit under the National Health Insurance Scheme and Treatment under the Tuberculosis Service. Under the Medical Benefit Regulations the work of the insurance practitioners in regard to those of their patients who are suffering from tuberculosis is linked up with that of the medical staff ("Tuberculosis Officers") of the dispensaries provided by the County and County Borough Councils, by arrangements under which practitioners furnish reports upon tuberculous insured patients under their care to the Tuberculosis Officers, and conferences are held between the practitioner and the Tuberculosis Officer on the particular cases 44550-14) Wt. 16674- P 79 1500 1/24 H. St. G.7 PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: or 120, George Street, Edinburgh; or through any Bookseller. 1924. Price 6d. Net. Cmd 2256.] PAGE Table 1.-Number of persons killed or injured by accidents in I. TRAIN ACCIDENTS— Table 2.-Number of casualties in the various classes of train Table 3.-Numbers of persons killed or injured by train Table 4.-Numbers of engine-drivers, firemen, guards, &c., Table 5.-Inquiries into train accidents, 1912 to 1923 inclusive.. II. MOVEMENT ACCIDENTS Table 6-Numbers of passengers, servants, and other persons causes .. Table 7.-Numbers of persons killed or injured by accidents in Table 8.-Fatalities and cases of injury to servants classified 5 . 5 6 6 7 7 10 11 Table 9.-Accidents to servants when coupling or uncoupling 12 Level Crossings.-Numbers of persons killed or injured at public, 12 Inquiries into personal accidents to servants of railway companies 12 Table 10. Causes to which the accidents to servants were Table 11.-Fatalities and cases of injury classified according to 15 NOTE.—The returns of Railway Accidents for the year, formerly included as an Appendix to this Report, are now published separately as a Stationery Office Publication. |