Override Decision Of Medical Board
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. A medical board decision was overridden by the Industrial Manpower Committee today when an appeal by Shirley Margaret Crawshaw against the direction as a machinist in a clothing factory was heard. A medical report stated that she was fit for full-time employment.
“We think we would be doing her an injury by forcing her into an industry which her own doctor does not advise,” said the chairman (Mr. K. G. Archer). He added that on the medical board certificate the proposed employment for the girl had not been filled in and yet the board had stated that she was fit for proposed employment without knowing what it was. Allowing the appeal the chairman said he did not wish the decision to be constituted as a reflection on (he medical board, but the board had not been supplied with full details and was not expected to inquire into other matters which now had been raised.
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Northern Advocate, 17 March 1944, Page 4
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