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present under consideration, and the Minister is not yet in a
position to pay a Grant in aid of this expenditure," and that ever
since this pronouncement the Ministry has refused to sanction the
Committee except for short periods and after considerable delay.
A report was presented to the Public Health Committee pointing
out that the Care Committee had been constituted at the
request of the Central authorities, and carried on in accordance
with the Circulars of directions issued from time to time, and
instructions were given that the Ministry should be requested to
state their reasons for adopting this attitude towards the Committee
formed under their instructions.
The Ministry thereupon approved the establishment of the
Committee for a further period ending September 30th, 1921, in a
letter dated August 16th.
Permission for the period September 30th to December 31st
was received in October, 1921; permission for the period December
31st to March 31st, 1922 was received in March, 1922. At
this time, (April, 1922), the Public Health Committee is still
awaiting sanction for the present period.
In other words, the Council having been induced to accept a
certain responsibility, is not now permitted to carry it out.
The Report of the Care Committee will be found on page 58.
Notification of Tuberculosis is very perfunctorily performed
in many instances as shown by the table giving the interval
between notification and death, see page 51.
Circular 194 of the Ministry of Health was issued during the
year permitting, as part of the treatment of Tuberculosis, the
granting of extra nourishment to necessitous persons undergoing
Dispensary treatment. This is a transfer in greatly attenuated
form of a power formerly possessed by the Insurance Committee
as regards "Sanatorium Benefit." The Circular restricted the