TUBERCULOSIS
“A NATIONAL PROBLEM.” PROPOSAL TO SET UP GOVERNMENT BOARD. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, October 28. On the grounds that tuberculosis is a national problem which would be treated nationally, Dr G. J. Blackmore, medical director of the Tuberculosis Institutions in Canterbury, favours setting up a Government board for each Island to deal with the problem. Referring to the difficulty occasioned by people coming to Christchurch from other districts for treatment, Dr Blackmore said the reduction of residential qualifications for admission from 12 to three months was making the position more difficult and was against the interests of Canterbury people. Such boards could allot patients to the most suitable institutions and there would be a proper distribution of patients. At present the sanatoria worked in watertight compartments and each centre tried to keep out patients from the others.
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Southland Times, Issue 20013, 29 October 1926, Page 8
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139TUBERCULOSIS Southland Times, Issue 20013, 29 October 1926, Page 8
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