INSURANCE OF AGRICUI^TURAI, LABOURERS 



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It will be enough here to mention in passing that, besides the organ- 

 ization with which we have dealt, there are some other agricultural mutual 

 disablement and accident insurance societies in Holland, for which the 

 reinsurance institute founded by the Dutch Peasants' League serves as 

 a centre. We shall deal with these specially in a future article. 



§ 3. Insurance work of the i^andbouw onderi<inge 

 in the years i9io, i9ii and i912. 



The external development of the Institute may be seen from the foll- 

 owing figures ; 



The special branch for domestic servants' disablement insurance had, 

 on January ist., 1914, 44 dependent sections, with i, 418 members, and on 

 January ist., 1913, 61 sections with 2,339 members. 



The number and gravity of the accidents is seen in the following table 



Accidents 



Not necessitating any expenditure , 76 



Requiring only medical attendance 132 

 Giving claim to temporary com- 

 pensation for less than two 



months 515 



Giving claim to temporary compens- 

 ation for more than two months. 46 

 Giving claim to pension for life . . 3 

 Fatal 9 



Total 



781 



123 

 300 



850 



1,365 



133 

 333 



1.030 



1,598 



It is very important to know the causes to which the accidents are to 

 be attributed, as every insurance business must seek not only to make 

 good losses that have occurred, but also to make proper provision to pre- 



