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LOCAL CO-OPERATION DURING 1914.
THE DISTRICT COMMITTEE OF EDMONTON.
In the scheme made on February 3rd, 1913, by the County Insurance
Committee, there was laid down the constitutions of these Committees, which
defined the qualifications of members, the powers of the Committees, and the
regulations of their proceedings. Each one was to hold office until July 15th,
1913, or longer if the scheme remained in force.
Edmonton District Committee met for the first time on the 2nd May, 1913,
when the Rev. Preb. Sanders, M.A., was elected Chairman, and an executive subcommittee
of six members appointed. Mr. Alfred E. Truscott was the Clerk. I
was one of the three representatives of the medical practitioners and on the
executive sub-committee. The second meeting was on 19th December, 1913.
On January 7th, 1914, I presented a report to my Sanitary Committee
and Council on "The Tuberculosis Dispensary and its work in Edmonton,"
and suggested that the time had now arrived for us to know definitely what the
status and duties of these nurses would be in view of the fact that since 1904
the work had been in the hands of the local medical officer of health and his
woman inspector. My Committee recorded the following resolution thereon:—
"The medical officer suggested that the time had now arrived for us
to consider how co-operation in the work with the County Council
could be best obtained and duplication of work and inspection
avoided, but your Committee decided to take no action in the
matter at present."
The year before, my Committee had arrived at the same decision.
The third meeting of this committee was held on Friday, 30th January,
1914, to consider recommendations of the County Insurance Committee that
the Insurance Commissioners be asked to agree to delete the rule that every
District Committee shall meet at least every two months and that clause 20,
sub-clause 1 (e) be amended by adding the words "if and when referred by the
County Committee to the District Committee," and that sub-clause 2 (c and d)
be deleted and to (f) be added the above words too; that sub-clause 3 be deleted.
Our local Committee felt that any opposition to these changes was useless, but
they passed a resolution set out below.
A letter, dated the 16th January, was addressed by the County Insurance
Committee to all District Committees which contained the above recommendations
and further remarked that—