SCHEDULE 2 INDUSTRIES DURING 1918

Table 2 deals with Schedule 2 matters during 1918. Therein are set out the amount of compensation awarded and particulars of funds under the headings, Deposits for Pensions, Claimants' Monies, and Deposits for Temporary Payments, the total amount of funds also being shown.

The awards of compensation amounted to $763,511.02, of which amount $511,964.32 was for pension awards, and $251,546.70 for awards other than pensions. Included in these figures is $9,548.70, made up of $3,509.88 in pension awards, and $6,038.82 in awards not pension awards, the compensation awarded in 30 cases referred by the Crown to the Board. Schedule 2 awards during 1917 amounted to $623,556.37, $392,404.71 for pensions and $231,151.66 for other awards. The increase was due in the main to the increased pension cost in the fatalities to railroad employees during the severe weather of early 1918. During 1917 pension awards in the steam railroad industry group amounted to $290,245.21, while during 1918 the amount was $379,263.66. Full details of awards made during 1918 are given in Table 2, the group "All Others" including munition plants controlled by the Imperial Munitions Board.

In pension cases, except in the case of municipal or government bodies, or departments not so desiring, deposits must be made by the employers. Particulars of these are given under "Deposits for Pensions." Under "Claimants' Monies " are included monies held by the Board under awards in which in the interest of the claimant or for other reason payment of the amounts held is deferred to a later date, as in the case of minors. "Deposits for Temporary Payments" are amounts deposited with the Board to enable the Board to make prompt current payments to workmen for accidents which may occur without waiting for receipt of cheque from the employer.

Employers in Schedule 2 are assessed a proportionate share of the expense of administration, other than the amount provided by the Province. For 1918 that share amounted to $6,246.04 as compared with $4,888.52 for 1917. The expense cost of each accident remained the same, $1.43, while, proportionate to the amount of compensation, expenses increased from .79 per cent. in 1917 to .82 per cent. in 1918.

The net rate of interest for 1918 earned by and credited to Schedule 2 Funds was 4.93 per cent. per annum.

CHAPTER III

WORK HANDLED DURING 1918

Tables 3 to 9 show the work handled during the year 1918 without regard to the year to which it relates, and also give other information concerning the administration of the Act during the year.

Compensation Awarded During the Year

The total amount of compensation awarded during 1918 was $3,514,648.47, of which $2,751,137.45 was in Schedule 1 industries and $763,511.02 in Schedule 2 industries and Crown cases.

The following table shows the amount of compensation awarded each year since the inception of the Act, January 1, 1915.

The amount of medical aid paid in Schedule 1 industries during the year was $369,346.37. This was about 14 per cent. of the compensation awarded in these industries during the same period. In Schedule 2 industries medical aid is furnished by the employer without intervention of the Board.

Accidents Compensated During the Year

The total number of accidents in which compensation or medical aid was paid during the year was 40,930, of which 36,565, were in Schedule 1, 4,335 in Schedule 2, and 30 were Crown cases. Of the total number, 382 were awards for death cases, in 2,549 there was payment for permanent disability, in 25,446 temporary disability only was paid, and in 12,553 only medical aid was paid.

Of the total 40,930 accidents in which payment was made during the year, 5,468 occurred in 1917 and 35,462 in 1918.

Further particulars are set forth in Table 3.

The number of accidents in which compensation or medical aid was awarded during each year since the commencement of the Act is as follows:

The total number of accidents reported during 1918 was 47.848. This includes, however, a number of accidents not serious enough to involve either payment of compensation or medical aid, and in which no claim was made. At