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Full particulars of other action taken under this
Act will be found in Mr. Foot's Report on page 70.
Customs and Inland Revenue Acts, 1890 to 1903.
Application for exemption was received in respect
of the following premises:—
27a, 27b and 27c, Winchester Street.
4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and 4f, Winchester Place.
20a, 20b, 20c, Cheshire Street.
22a, 22b, 22c, do.
24a, 24b, 24c, do.
26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 26e, Cheshire Street.
28a, 2bb, 28c, Cheshire Street.
Application was refused; only one W.C. and one
copper and washhouse were provided on each block of
these premises.
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT. 1911.
One of the most important measures ever considered
by Parliament was passed during 1911, though it does
not come into operation in any way until July, 1912, and
its full benefit will not be experienced until the
commencement of 1913. The Act is one "to provide
for insurance against loss of health, and for the
prevention and cure of sickness, and for insurance
against unemployment, and for purposes incidental
thereto." Some of the provisions of this Act may have
a far-reaching effect upon Sanitary administration in
three principal directions.
(a) Sanatorium Benefit.
The provision of means for the sanatorium treatment
of tuberculosis should prove of enormous advantage,