Subsistence included room and board and was an integral part of
the remuneration for the job. Rates 3, 4, 5 and 6 weretraining rates,
and since incumbents were not retained in them for more than one
year, in-grade pay advances were notgrated for those grades. Persons
employed i1 n all other rates were granted i1 n-grade increases 1n recog-
nition of efficiency or length of service.'*
Because living costs varied
from onedistrict to another, civil administrators could, with the prior
approval of the High Commissioner, grant an additional cost of living
allowance.
Finance and Supply
The public health program in the Trust Territory was financed by
appropriated funds and local reserves. Figures for appropriations
and expenditures noted below do notincludesalaries of naval medical
personnel, construction and maintenance of buildings, communica-
tions and transportation.
In addition, the expenses of the medical,
dental and nursing schools on Guam were paid from the educational
appropriation and averaged over $100,000 each year.
Yearly expenditures for the health program during the trusteeship
period amounted to approximately one fourth of the total monies expended for administration of the Trust Territory. The following
table lists the amounts and percentages of the total expenditures for
each fiscal year:
Fiscal year
,
:
1948
L949 eee eee
1 sO
WSL ee eee
vey
Total... 2 ee eee
Yearly average..
0.0.0.2...
‘
Lod
Percentage of
‘ coral expendi| tures for Trusc
| Territory Ad-
Expenditures
for Public.
Health
|
$249, 682.02 |
385, 417. 90 |
295, 811. 46 |
299, 000. G0 |
|
ministration
26.3
27.8
25.4
22.2
|
1, 229, 911.38 |.
5307, 477. 85
25.4
Supplies were procured from the medical supply centers at Guam
or in the United States and distributed by regular logistic shipping
to all dispensaries; subdispensaries were restocked by field trip per8 Thid.
878
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