Table showing Expenditure Upon Public Health Services, 1920-1946 in Palestine before 1948 (Nakba), British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume II - Page 630. Chapter XVI: Social Services : Section 1: Health Services : (b) Particulars of Government Health Services : Table 2

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Lebanon and Iraq. During the past year transport arrangements were made for 1,180 pilgrims from Palestine and some 8,000 from neighbouring countries.

(xxvii) To organise temporary relief measures in time of distress.

Such measures were organised, for example, after the earthquake in 1927, during the disturbances in 1929, during the drought in 1934, after the floods in Tiberias in 1934 and during the rebellion from 1936 to 1939.

23. The expenditure upon public health services, in successive years since the inception of the civil administration, has been as follows:-

Table 2.
Total Government. r- Department of Health expenditure
Year expenditure under Total Percentage of
all heads I total Government
I expenditure
£P. £P. %
1920-21 1,259,587 121,874 9.6
1921-22 1,929,841 146,597 7.7
1922-28 1,884,240 117,074 6.2
1928-24 1,675,105 98,698 5.5
1924-25 1,852,985 84,440 4.6
1925-26 2,092,647 85,411 4.1
1926-27 2,123,569 91,676 4.8
1927-28 2,700,415 96,542 8.6
1928-29 2,997,750 97,867 3.2
1929-30 2,245,989 108,052 4.1
1980-31 2,567,671 105,661 4.1
1981-82 2,850,025 108,7•10 4.5
1982-88 2,516,394 111,052 4.4
1938-34 2,704,856 185,888 5.0
1984-35 3,280,010 177,847 5.5
1935.36 4,286,202 201.705 4.8
1986-37 6,078,502 207,412 3.7
1987-38 7,297,688 278,871 3.1
1938-39 5,692,672 292,606 5.1
1939-40 6,004,738 272,245 4.5
1940-41 7,450,355 256,538 3.4
1941-42 7,463,602 298,677* 4.0
1942.43 1 10,258,283 379,940* 3.8
1943-44 I 14,819,250 467,871* 3.1
1944-45 18,l94,594 548,000* 8.0
1945-46 (Estd) 18,000,000 688,682* 8.6

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* Excluding war compensatory allowances.

Note: From 1934-35 Department of Health expenditure includes capital expenditure; prior to that date such expenditure was relatively small and is not included.

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