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The desirability and necessity of these various things means that only an
authority covering many millions of population could hope to provide adequate
and suitable institutions.
The detection of tuberculosis, however, in the Metropolitan Areas is very wisely
left to the Local Authority who must have their fingers on its pulse if they are to
fulfil their duty of preventing the spread of tuberculosis. I am of the opinion the
time has come when representations might be made that the duties of detecting
tuberculosis shall be delegated from County Councils to those Local Sanitary
Authorities who are equipped to carry out this work.
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