MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CIVIL
V. : : ';.SERVANTS.;? ;::.-;';-- ■Sir,—l, Relieve that- some time ago the Government .decided ',•' not ,' to retain the services of anyone suffering . from consumption." ' Sucli ■" a decision"'.'was/'of course, an. eminently sane onei' but : the Government should arrange for.a periodi-; cal medical : inspection of ' all - ; its_ ; employees by the, Health Department's'doc-' .tors. Otlierwise, it is impossible for : the Ministry to kuowfoi- a'certainty'that any of its officers ..'are consumptive, especially' those in ■ the. earlj- stages of.. the disease.' The ! consumptives. , themselves, . fearing dismissal,- , are not. likely tor inform; their' co-'workers of".the;- inalady they are-suf-fering from. This is'a. matter which the' Civil Service, Association should take up in. the', interests "of the whole Service, and I hope that members'of the committee 'will bring .it forward 'at their next meeting, and that a full report of their decision, : will appear in tho columns -of your i-valuable am, o'tci." • ! ; " ■•■-::.; : ';.':;;; : ':;.''": -''HEALTH;^
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 6
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146MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CIVIL Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 6
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