View report page

113
Sec. 22.—A Borough Council may agree to pay to the County
Council the whole of such excess where such excess of expenditure
is properly attributable to the Borough.
Sec. 77.—Provides that the Local Government Board may for
the purposes of certain parts of the Insurance Act hold local
enquiries and investigations as they think fit, and shall have the
same powers for this purpose as they have for enquiries, &c., under
the Public Health Acts, and the expenses of such enquiries shall be
paid by such authorities or persons out of such funds or rates as
the Board may direct.
Departmental Committee on Tuberculosis.
In order that the Government and all authorities concerned
in the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis should work in
harmony and in accordance with the general principles of a complete
scheme for dealing with this disease, a Departmental Committee
was appointed by the Government in February, 1911. The terms
of reference were:— "To report at an early date upon the consideration
of general policy in respect of the problem of tuberculosis in
the United Kingdom, in its preventive, curative, and other aspects,
which should guide the Government and local bodies in making
or aiding provision for the treatment of tuberculosis in sanatoria
or other institutions or otherwise."
In May, 1912, this Committee presented to Parliament an
Interim Report in which, inter alia, they state the conditions which
should be observed in dealing with the problem of tuberculosis,
as follows:—
" 4.—Any scheme which is to form the basis of an attempt
to deal with the problem of tuberculosis should provide :
1. That it should be available for the whole community.
2. That those means which experience has proved to be
most effective should be adopted for the prevention of the
disease.
H