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v. social movements.
vely, and the sums paid out by way of compensation were 7 670, as against 496 355,
kronor, namely 2 559 and 201 390 kronor by way of sick-relief, 4 811 and 287 588
kronor in the form of annuities (disablement and death), 300 and 3 840 kronor as
funeral relief; besides which in 1912 3 537 kronor were paid in capital amounts.
Statements according to § 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1901 have
been delivered in 1903 and 1912 in 25 and 401 cases respectively. The assets
and liabilities of the Institution balanced in 1903 at 319 145 kronor, and in
1912 at 5 279 917 kronor.
The number of fishermen insured was 1 001 in 1909 and 1 363 in 1912.
During the four years in which this form of State insurance has been in
existence, 207 casualties have been reported, including 10 deaths.
During the years from 1910 to 1912 application has been made in 416
cases for compensation for disablement or disease incurred in military service,
and during the same period a total of 47 896 kronor has been paid by way
of such compensation.
Finally, as regards the Midwives’ Pension Fund, its members numbered in
1905 469 and in 1912 1 835 persons; the pensions paid totalled 666 kronor
in 1909 and 6 420 kronor in 1912.
The insurance fees are collected and administered by the Post-Office
Savings-Bank, through which the payment of compensations, life annuities, and
pensions is also effectuated. At the end of the year 1912 390 persons in 377 places
in Sweden acted as the local agents of the State Insurance Office.
The administrative expenses of the State Insurance Office, which are not covered
by the profit made on its business, but are met by State monies appropriated
expressly to this purpose, amounted in 1903 to 67 478 and in 1912 to 149 337
kronor. To this falls to be added, however, the expenditure incurred by of the
Post-Office Savings-Bank forj this insurance business, being 6 587 kronor in
1903 and 15 329 kronor in 1912. The administrative expenses relating to
compensation for disablement incurred in military service, and in the administration
of the Midwives’ Pension Fluid are defrayed by special grants, and amounted
in 1912 for the State Insurance Office to 3 302 and 7 128 kronor respectively
Pensionsstyrelsen. The Riksdag of 1913 resolved on the establishment
of a central Government office for "pension insurance", designated
Pensionsstyrelsen, the Pensions Board. Its organization has recently been
completed (cf. Old Age and Invalidity Insurance).
2. The Woman Question.
As far as efforts to improve the position of woman are concerned,
Sweden stands in the front rank among European countries. The reason of
this may be partly that, in Sweden, even from remotest times, woman has
enjoyed a relatively great respect. This is due to the fact that the
teutonic conception of freedom, formed on a sense of responsibility, has survived
in Sweden, without any influence from Roman law. But probably a
contributory cause will be — as we previously pointed out ■—• a most
uncommon preponderance of women in the country; in consequence of
this the question of single women’s possibilities of self-support became
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