DIVIDED OPINION
There is no intention of bringing down an amendment of the Health Act thi3 session, according to a reply given by the Minister of Health to Dr. H. T. j' Thacker (Christchurch East) in the House of Representatives yesterday. Dr. Thacker had asked particularly about proposals for controlling tubercular and venereal disease patients. The Minister said there was the Social Hygiene Act, passed in 1917. Whether there ought not to be legislation •'requiring compulsory notification by people who deliberately refused to be treated was _ very moot point. A great many of the women's societies had taken the matter up, and were divided in opinion. Therefore, to come to soma finality, he had decided to appoint a, 'Committee to gather all possible information. He was wait-ins advice from his Department on the subject of re.trictino- the movements of consumptives who might,be 11 dotigor, »«t the matter was a Bwious'ono to Jackie.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 7
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152DIVIDED OPINION Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 7, 8 July 1922, Page 7
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