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of such a service should not, therefore, depend for its finance 
entirely upon current contributions (para. 66). 
(18) That medical benefit should be extended to include 
attendance at confinement, and dental and ophthalmic advice 
and treatment (para. 70). 
(14) That medical benefit should be provided for the depend- 
ants of insured persons (para. 72). 
(15) That the transfer to Local Authorities of the responsi- 
bility for the administration of medical benefit should be accom- 
panied by some direct financial responsibility on the part of 
those authorities (para. 80). 
(16) That the cost of the present medical benefit in excess 
of the sum of 9s. 6d. per insured person per annum, for which 
permanent provision is made, should be borne by the Treasury 
and Local Authorities as provided by Section 85 of the Act 
(para. 81). 
(17) That the cost of the extension of medical benefit by 
the inclusion of a specialist and consultant service should also 
be met under the provisions of Section 85 of the Act (para. 82). 
(18) That the dental treatment to be included in medical 
benefit might at the outset be restricted to such a partial service 
as could be provided at a cost of £2} millions a year, and that 
existing surpluses should be made available for the provision of 
the service (para. 89). 
(19) That the normal rates of sickness benefit should be 
raised to 18s. a week for men and 15s. a week for women (para. 
96). 
(20) That benefit at the normal rate of sickness benefit should 
be payable to an insured person so long as he remains incapable 
of work (para. 101). 
(21) That when an insured person is incapable of work 
allowances in respect of his dependants should be provided at 
the same rates as those under the Unemployment Insurance 
Act (para. 102). 
(22) That the high maternal death rate and the great amount 
of sickness amongst mothers clearly prove the need of re-organ- 
isation and extension of the provision for maternity (para. 105). 
(23) That the medical services during pregnancy and at con- 
finement should be co-ordinated with the Maternity and Child 
Welfare service under the Local Authorities (para. 109). 
(24) That in addition to medical services during pregnancy 
and at confinement there should be in the case of an uninsured 
wife of an insured man a maternity benefit in the form of a 
cash payment of 20s., and in the case of an insured woman 
maintenance for the mother and child at a rate not less than that