TUBERCULAR SOLDIERS.
PENSIONS BOARD'S POLICY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ■ Wellington, Last Night. The Pensions Board had difficulty until recently in dealing with soldiers suffering from tuberculosis, especially in cases in which sickness became apparent some time after the soldier's return to this country. Sir James Allen said to-day that the board had more recent medical evidence, which enabled it to connect tubercular disease with war service. Members of the board had recognised from the beginning that sufferers from tubercular disease were under a great hardship, but felt that the law wouldn't allow them to give relief. A number of cases had been relieved already with advantage to the soldiers concerned.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1919, Page 5
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109TUBERCULAR SOLDIERS. Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1919, Page 5
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