NRS-4902 | Minutes of proceedings [Tuberculosis Advisory Board]

This Board was created by an Executive Minute of 18 June 1912 and held its first meeting at the Chief Secretary's Office on 1 July with the president, Dr R.T. Paton, Director-General of Public Health, in the chair. In a memorandum by the President read at the first meeting it stated that the Board had been called into existence for the purpose of advising as to the best method of dealing with tuberculosis. "It is practical advice that the Government needs, something it can carry out without disturbing the whole community, but the scope of the Board is not limited, and any preliminary inquiry that the Board may consider necessary into the cause, spread and methods of prevention, and cure of the disease, directed to this object will be facilitated by the Government as far as it is able." Matters dealt with include treatment, propaganda and public health measures generally eg. hygiene, milk distribution, meat inspection, suggested additional powers to be given to Board of Health, etc. In addition to the usual record of the proceedings of the Board, numerous memoranda on different aspects of the inquiry, the recommendations made by the Board to the Government during the course of the inquiry, and the draft and final reports, are pasted into the minute book. (5/5841). 1 vol. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

该委员会依据1912年6月18日的行政命令成立，并于同年7月1日在首席秘书办公室召开首次会议，由公共卫生总干事R·T·佩顿博士担任主席。在首次会议上宣读的主席备忘录中明确，成立本委员会的目的是就应对结核病的最优方案提供咨询意见。“政府所需的是切实可行的建议，即无需扰动全社会即可推行的方案；但本委员会的职权范围并无限制，凡委员会为实现本目标而认为有必要开展的、针对该疾病病因、传播途径、预防与治疗方法的初步调研，政府将在力所能及的范围内予以协助。”委员会所涉工作内容涵盖结核病治疗、公共卫生宣传及一般性公共卫生举措，例如卫生管理、乳品供应、肉类检疫等，并就赋予卫生局额外职权提出相关建议等。除委员会常规会议记录外，本会议记录簿中还粘贴了大量关于本次调研各维度的备忘录、调研期间委员会向政府提交的各项建议，以及草案与最终报告。（档案编号：5/5841），共1卷。备注：本描述摘录自2000年第三版《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》。