CONSUMPTIVE SOLDIERS.
CASES REVIEWED. ■WELLINGTON, Monday. The Pensions Board had difficulty until recently in dealing with soidiers suffering from tuberculosis, especially in cases in Which the sickness became apparent some time after the soldier's return to this country. h-ir .James Allen said to-day that the board had now more recent medical evidence which enahled it to connect tubercular disease with war service. Members of the board had recognised from the beginning that sufferers from tubercular disease were under great hardship, but felt that the law would not allow them to give relief. A number of cases have been reviewed already, with advantage to the soldiers 'concerned.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 190, 12 August 1919, Page 10
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