National Insurance Act, 1911: Administration of sanatorium benefit. Report by the Medical Officer and Tuberculosis Officer on memo. no.112./I.C.

  • Evans, W. Arnold.
Date:
[1911?]
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Credit: National Insurance Act, 1911: Administration of sanatorium benefit. Report by the Medical Officer and Tuberculosis Officer on memo. no.112./I.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T.T. 84—100 (42). National Insurance Act, 1911. Administration of Sanatorium Benefit. Report by Medical Officer and Tuberculosis Officer To the Local Insurance Committee, Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen, We beg to present the following report on Memorandum 112 of the National Insurance Committee in reference to the provision of Sanatorium Benefit. Sanatorium Benefit as defined in paragraph I of the Memo- randum consists of treatment given at the cost of the National Health Insurance fund to persons suffering from Tuberculosis (the chief form of which disease is Consumption), or such other diseases as the Local Government Board, with the consent of the Treasury, may appoint. This report refers only to arrangements which we consider the Committee should make for the treatment of Tuberculosis. Paragraph No. 2, indicates that the first duty of an Insurance Committee with respect to Sanatorium benefit is to make pro- vision for the treatment of cases of Tuberculosis occurring amongst insured persons, for the administration of whose benefit they are responsible, and the Committee may, if they think fit, extend treatment to the defendants of insured persons. In succeeding paragraphs the memorandum states that arrange- ments for treatment of cases of Tuberculosis exist in only a few districts ; they therefore suggest that the Committee should outline a permanent scheme, and at the same time make such provisional arrangements at the commencement of the Act as will harmonise with the permanent scheme, which is subsequently