“…The author of this pamphlet was prevented by illness from correcting the proofs, and apologises to readers for the following errors and omissions :— Page 4. For Per capital read per capita. Page 5. In table of upper class education, for 6 years at £120 read 5 years at £120. …”

“…" Foreign Minister Bevin For the all-important job of Foreign Minister, vital at the end of the second World War with which capitalism has cursed the earth, the Labour Party selected Ernest Bevin. …”

“…In calculating income (1) fixed value of 5/- a week is placed upon board-lodgings received by blind persons living with relatives; (2) where persons are in receipt of interest from a capital sum such sum is deemed to be converted into an annuity; (3) blind wives living with husbands who are employed are considered individually. …”

“…In calculating income (1) fixed value of 5/- a week is placed upon board-lodgings received by blind persons living with relatives; (2) where persons are in receipt of interest from a capital sum such sum is deemed to be converted into an annuity; (3) blind wives living with husbands who are employed are considered individually. …”

“…The College, when fully functioning, will be supported by the maintenance fees charged for trainees, but the capital cost of the undertaking must be met entirely from voluntary sources. …”

“…By these means the factor of economic competition (preserved at present by the capitation payment) would be eliminated, and the way opened for full collaboration and co-ordination of effort between colleagues working in the same area in one Service. …”

“…1939-06-20 012b-0027-003 -2- political crises each time Madrid attempted to resist the suffocating pressure of the two hegemonic capitals. Bilbao is the greatest industrial centre of Spain, and is even greater than Barcelona. …”

“…Doctors engaged in Health Centres will be remunerated by salary or the equivalent ; doctors in separate practice normally by capitation fee. In some cases — e.g. grouped pracdce not based on a Health Centre — remuneration by salary or the equivalent could be arranged if the doctors concerned so desired. …”

“…Valuable assistance was rendered by the League of Nations Union who issued a leaflet on "What the League of Nations has done for the Health of the World," and on "Health : The Workman's Capital." These facts indicate an increasing number of centres taking up the work, and also larger and more comprehensive programmes, and encourage good hopes for the future progress of the movement which has for its object the focussing of public attention on matters of health and the arousing of that sense of personal responsibility for health, without which all public work, whether by the Government or local authorities must fall short of its aims. …”

“…For example, as an extreme case, it is possible for an old age pensioner without dependants to be eligible for a supplementary pension although already in receipt of an income of 37/6d a week (old age pension, 10/-; disability pension 20/-; and superannuation allowance 7/6d) and possessing invested capital of £575 (£375 war savings and £200 other investments)". …”

“…— Eighty per cent. of the total capital wealth of Britain belongs to six per cent. of the people…”

“…For example, as a child under ten counts as half a person, and a baby under one year of age not at all, it allows parents and seven children under 10 to live in three rooms. VI.— CAPITALISM'S PALLIATIVES. The Relief of Poverty. …”

“…But the benefits are so small that the position of a worker without capital behind him may, if he has an illness lasting any length of time, be very difficult. …”

“…Thirdly, Common Ownership will make possible an increase in national income which capitalism can only bring about in the exceptional circumstances of war. …”

“…That meant that he could trust the American industrialists and warlords with the bomb, but not Britain's Russian Allies in the Second World War, who claimed to be socialists, and had certainly overthrown capitalism in a resounding fashion in Russia in 1917. …”

“…But I want to say that under capitalism we cannot get just that kind of Health Service that all of us want so much. …”

“…The abolition would involve great practical difficulty and is not essential to the working of the new service, and the Government intend to discuss the whole matter further with the profession, including any measures which may be needed to prevent the operation of the new public service from itself increasing the capital value of an individual practice, and therefore also the compensation which may later have to be paid. …”

“…Nevertheless, the Service must be run with proper regard for economy, and capital expenditure has to be kept down to a minimum. …”

“…In addition, over one million pounds of invested capital would have to be dissipated and handed back to the descendants of people long since dead, which is simply throwing good money away. …”

“…A patient could not be charged privately and be the subject of a capitation fee at the same time. It would be possible for a public service patient to choose to go into a private ward in a hospital if he so wished and a private patient could go into a public hospital. …”