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Cardiganshire Insurance Committee.-.-

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Cardiganshire Insurance Committee. WHY MEN REFUSE SANATORIUM TREATMENT. PECUNIARY DIFFICULTIES. A quarterly meeting of the Cardiganshire Insurance Committee was held at Lampeter on Friday when there were present Professor Jenkyn Jones, Aberystwyth, in the chair; Mrs Griffiths, Messrs Daniel Thomas, J. Paith Morgan, and Thomas Jenkins, Aberystwyth; Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Lloyd, Tregaron; Mrs. T. Z. Jones, Dr Davies, and Mr Lima Jones, Aberayron; Messrs Rhys Morris, Llangeitho; S. Tregonning, Ysrad Meurig; E. W. Jones, Car- digan; D Jones, Llandyssul; Dr. Evans and Mr Timothy Richards Lampeter; with Mr. C. M. Williams, clerk. The Clerk submitted the following return of insured persons within the area:—Members of approved societies, 12,746; deposit con.ribu- tors, 130; Navy and Array Insurance Fund, 64; exempt persons, 30; total, 12,970, an in- crease of 211 oh the previous count. The Clerk also reported that bills from cbepais^e were £ 80 more than any quarter owing to the epidemic in the county REASONABLE RECOMMENDATION. The Denbighshire Insurance Committee asked the Committee to support its resolution viewing with concern the reluctance on the par,, of insured persons (more especially those with dependants) to avail themselves of sanatorium trea ment. They recognised that the pecuniary conditions appertaining to the insured person was a responsible factor in the decision of the insured person. They therefore strongly urged the Commissioners to make such representa- tion to Parliament as would secure a money grant in order that insurance committees may grant subsistence allowance in respect of de- pendants of insured persons whilst undergoing treatment in sanatoria. The ^Chairman said it seemed to him to be a molt reasonable recommendation.—Mr Dl. Thomas, who said he was heartily in sympathy with i- moved its adoption.—Mrs. T. Z. Jones seconded, and it was carried MINISTRY OF HEALTH. The Committee was also asked to support a series of resolutions from the Glamorgan In- surance Committee with regard to the Ministry of Health, but the Chairman said it seemed to him that the first part was obsolete in view of what had been passed. He then dealt with the second part which read:—"That this meeting, while recognising that, in response to persistent demands the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Health Bill has decided to set up a Board of Health in Wales, is emphatically of opinion that the demands of Wales for full and com- ple e autonomy in health and insurance masters will not be met unless provisions are made whereby the Welsh Board is presided over by a Welsh Minister or Parliamentary under- secretary; the Board is given authority inde- pendent of the Ministry of Health in London; the Welsh Minister or Parliamentary uauet- Secretary represents Wales on the Joint Com- mittee to be set up; all *he powsrs and duties of the- Welsh Insurance Commissioners (includ- ing the; Welsh Insurance Fund) are transferred to thfe Welsh Board. This Committee is of the opinion that unless those demands are met the Welsh, clause as it now stands marks a retro- grade step in Welsh government, and again calls upon the Welsh members to combine in order to obtain for Wales the measure of autonomy indicated herein above." The Chair- man thought they ought to pause over this matter for they must remember t-hat a Board of Health had been conceded by the Minister responsiblo for the Bill. He quite admitted that the agitation in the press was carried on by Mr. John Rowland, C.B.E., and in view of this he was not prepared to go the whole way with the last stage of the paragraph. He did noii see where retrograde step came in at all. He suggested the following modification "while recognising that in response to persistent do- mands, health, insurance, education, and other matters will require the appointment of a secretary of state for Wales who will occupy the same relation to Wales as the secretaries for Scotland and Ireland do for their respective countries."—Mr. Lima Jones said he was not satisfied tha^ the Bill would be operated more effective in Cardiff than London.—On the pro- position of Mrs. Griffith, seconded by Mr. Mor- gan, the Chairman's modified restriction was effective in Cardiff than London.—On the pro- position of Mrs. Griffith, seconded by Mr. Mor- gan, the Chairman's modified restriction was adopted. Cardiff Insurance Committee sought support to a resolution favouring equal representa- tion of men and women on the Consultative Committee proposed to be seti up by the Health Bill.—The resolution was adopted on the pro- position of Mrs. Griffith, seconded by Dr. Davios. MISCELLANEOUS. The Insurance Commissioners authorised an improved scale of allowances to members at- tending meetings of the Welsh Insurance Com- mittees, viz., jBl a night and 10s. if away over six hours. The Clerk produced an order for the release of Dr. J. G. Morgan, Pontrhydygroes, from the army. Wesi Ham Insurance Committee forwarded a resolution favouring the provision of extra nourishment to persons on leaving sanatorias. —The Clerk remarked that the Committee had no funds.—The Chairman said that his com- plaint was that the Sanatoria Committee was not convened. He thought they could do a lot of good.—The Clerk was instructed to convene meetings of the Sanatorium Committee before the ordinary meetings. In applying for a list of deductions made in his charges since 1913, Dr. A T. Evans, LJan- dyssul, wrote thai in Carmarthenshire things were administered in a more generous way. (Laughter.)—The Clerk explained that the Committee had nothing to do wi h the deduc- tions and he replied that he was not quite clear what was meant t<hat Carmarthenshire was more generous as both counties were dealt with by the same commissioners. The Committee then discussea in private the salaries of the officials and advanced the salary of Mr. C M. Williams, clerk, by B50 per annum.

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