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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, &c.,—Continued.

MEDICAL TREATMENT —

SCALE OF CHARGES FOR MAINTENANCE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT IN

GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS.

Daily Rates.

1st Class 2nd Cluss. 3rd Class.

Private patients

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(Asiatic on European diet) (Asiatic not on European diet)... European lunatics, landed from ships on consular

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or ship's agent's guarantee

Asiatic Innatices, landed from ships on consular or

ship's agent's guarantee:

(a) On European diet

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(6) Not on European diet.................

Lunatics sent in by Board of Trade:

(a) European and American.. (b) Asiatic

Naval small-pox patients-Officers and men

treated in Kennedy Town Hospital

$9.00

B

M

$6.00 $3.00

3.00 .50

6.00

D

+

:

$2.00 a day.

3.00 .50

3.00

.50

Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in each class.

Naval and Military patients will be charged in accordance with the scale for "private patients".

Proprietary medicines or drugs not contained in the British Pharmacopoeia will be charged for if supplied by the Government, Private patients, other than Govern- ment or Naval or Military patients, charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates for mainten ance, will be subject to the following additional charges :-

(1) For medical attendance, a charge at the rate of one third of the rate for

maintenance.

(2) For Surgical operations:-

Major operations—$50 (minimum) to $600 (maximum) at the discretion

of the Director of Medical and Sauitary Services. Minor operations—$25 (minimum) to $100 maximum at the discretion of

the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.

This charge will be in addition to the above charge for medical atten-

dance.

(3) For normal maternity cases, charges of $200 and $100 respectively,

lieu of the above charge for medical attoudance.

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Patients requiring a "Special" nurse will pay an additional charge of $14 a day.

The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services bas discretionary power to waive the additional charges.

Private patients in Government Hospitals (other than the Maternity Wards Victoria Hospital) will be attended by Government Medical Officers.

If in the case of a private patient charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates the Consult- ing Physician, Surgeon or Obstetrician is called in, either at the request of the patient or by arrangement between the patient and the Medical Officer, the amount of the consultant's fee shall be a sum not exceeding $50.

Certificates.—A charge of $10 is made for all certificates in connection with the fitness or unfitness of patients or others to perform their duty and for invaliding certificates, and $10 for certificates required by insurance companies, etc,

Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in each class.

Government Notification No. 787 of 11th December, 1931,

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