%0 Book %A Great Britain. Inter-departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services %A Davison, Ronald C. (Ronald Conway), 1884- %I London : G.G. Harrap and Co. %D 1943 %G English %G English %T Social Security : The Story of British Social Progress and the Beveridge Plan %U http://hdl.handle.net/10796/16670FCA-1E28-446D-AC05-5B27C1FCA1D1 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10796/5BB840D6-62D5-4328-88B2-80A5089A70AA %X 1943 1943 1940s 3 preliminary leaves, 9-62 pages : illustrations, diagrams work is the same as for the whole week and covers the week. Adam's share of the total contribution is 4s. 3d., and this sum is deducted from his weekly wages on pay day. He finds this large deduction rather a shock at first, as compared with the 1s. 10d. which men used to pay, but becomes reconciled in view of the far bigger and more numerous benefits he can now draw. In practice he still manages to put by a bit each week in a savings scheme for holidays and such-like. When Adam falls sick or is discharged he is given his employment book, because that stamped book will be his passport to obtaining sick or unemployment benefit of 24s. per week. He knows that his record satisfies the contributory conditions for full benefit — i.e., 48 contributions paid up or excused in the preceding contribution year. He knows, too, that he will have to go without cash benefit for the first three days — i.e., the three waiting days. Assuming he is sick, how does he proceed? He will send word to his panel doctor or, if he can walk out, will apply to the Health Centre or possibly to a smaller Medical Aid Post round the corner. There he gets a medical certificate. Adam's ailment required diagnosis and was serious, so he was passed on to the Health Centre, where his chosen doctor took him in hand. After a day or two it was decided that he should have his appendix removed, and he was conveyed to one of the Regional Hospitals ten miles away. Here, after the first week, if he had no expenses at home, they might charge him 15s. per week for "board and lodging." His cash benefit was 24s. per week. There would be no charges of any kind for his medical treatment. When Adam was certified fit for work again he found that the boilerman's job was finished. He went to the Exchange and was told, "No vacancies for boilermen 40 15X/2/566/303