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cause as aforesaid, and if the Commissioners, society, or committee
and such person or authority fail to arrive at any
agreement on the subject, may apply to the Secretary of State
or the Local Government Board, as the case may require, for
an inquiry, and thereupon the Secretary of State or Local
Government Board may appoint a competent person to hold an
inquiry.
If upon such inquiry being held it is proved to the
satisfaction of the person holding the inquiry that the amount
of such sickness has—
(i.) during a period of not less than three years before the
date of the inquiry; or
(ii.) if there has been an outbreak of any epidemic,
endemic, or infectious disease during any less period ;
been in excess of the average expectation of sickness by more
than ten per cent., and that such excess was, in whole or in
part, due to any such cause as aforesaid, the amount of any
extra expenditure found by the person holding the inquiry to
have been incurred under this part of this Act by any societies
or committees where the allegation is made by the Insurance
Commissioners, or if the allegation is made by a society or
committee by the society or committee in question by reason
of such cause shall be ordered by him to be made good in
accordance with certain provisions.
From the decision of the person holding this inquiry there
is no appeal.
The provision of means for the sanatorium treatment of
tuberculosis is one of the best features of this measure. Under
the Finance Act a large sum is made available for the
provisions of sanatoria and other institutions" for the treatment of
tuberculosis or such other diseases as the Local Government