T.B. TROUBLE.
■ 4 WAR-GASSING EFFECTS, (FRBB9 ASSOCIATIOK TEE4OXAK.) DUNEDIN, April 17. . ; A most regrettable feature of the effects of war service is the increasing number of cases of the breakdown of* returned men, during the past .12 months,.says the annual-report of the Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association. ■ . . ' "Especially is this so with men who have experienced the effects of gassing, and who only are now showing definite symptoms of T.B. trouble; Eight such cases have come under notice during last month. Negotiation with the Pension Department to prove attnbutabilifcy in these cases is a lengthy business, especially in the-case of men whohave not received medical treatment .since their return to New Zealand. At time passes, it. is becoming increasingly evident that, as youth leaves them, many will show the effects of ibe stress of war service. Where men have [ received medical treatment, or can pro-, dnce reasonable evidence of general unfitness since their return, the Pensions' Board has endeavoured to.deal jnstly; but the fact remains that' unless -a soldier places his case in the hands of theI Association his chanceß of obtainine'recognition will not be eo favourable."
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18669, 19 April 1926, Page 14
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