MINERS' PHTHISIS
REPORT OF WEST AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION. ■By Teleeraph—Press Association—OopyrlaH*. (Received December 6, 11.55 p.m.) PERTH, December 6. The Miners’ Phthisis Commission’! report recommends the compulsory medical examination of miners before employment, the .medical examination of all miners every six months, that miners medically rejected be sent to a sanatorium at the State’s expense, that the Miners’ Claims Board find employment for medically rejected miners, that an Insurance Trust be established by miners, owners, and the State, each contributing a third of the premiums contribution; that miners receive free medical attention and. medicine. The report has been tabled in the Legislative Assembly.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7977, 7 December 1911, Page 4
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