T.B. SUFFERERS

Northern Advocate, 22 May 1928, Page 9

T.B. SUFFERERS

MINISTER'S EMPHATIC DENIAL.

DEPARTMENT WILLING TO CO-OPERATE.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE SET UP.

AUCKLAND, This Day,

“That is a totally incorrect view,'' said the Hon. .1. A. Young, referring to the statement, attributed to Dr. Blackmore, director of the Tuberculosis Institution in North Canterbury, that the Health Department was appointing a commission to try to discredit the work* that had been and is being done in the South Island. He would welcome the cooperation of Dr. Blackmore in, any. work done to help sufferers. He had appointed three physicians, of" outstanding ability, to act as a .committee of inquiry, after consulting the executive of the British Medical'•Association in order that physicians?, of requisite standing might be selected. Not only would, the committee ylslt the fo«r main centres, but phyaicU'ttfs would inspect all snntoria in ' thb Dominion where T.B. patients \ ate cared for. ■••' -c ;•

The committee had been appointed to investigate thoroughly : the sufficiency and adequacy of accommodation and methods employed throughout the Dominion for the comfort- find treatment of sufferers, —Press Assn.

SCOPE OF INQUIRY. WELLINGTON, This Day, The order of reference for the Committee, set up to enquire into thj? prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, provides for the past arfd oresent incidence of the disease in New Zealand; measures now taken for its prevention and treatment; whether sufficient beds are available in various institutions, and whetijer the latter are being used to the best advantage; what additions or ex-

tensions are necessary; whether sufficient action is being taken to fight the disease and whether there is sufficient co-ordination of all agencies dealing with it. —Press Assn.