The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-30

Ep1oyer's attention the fact of the in jury and thus afford an OPPORTUNITY to seasonat1e care for it..
 Under the seventh suggestion change ton has been called to employers, who have occasionally, to protect them selves against risk, exacted from e1a- ployes a refusal to accept the act on the form provided by the commission for this purpose, as a. condition of era ployInent The commission says that while this may be justifiable in the present form of the act. under certain fconditions. that is with persons af- ff1ieted with epilepsy and other ail- work serious injustice to certain serv- ing persons. The suggestion is made that the law be changed so that a
 waiver of this kind should not be eff fectfve until approved by the commits sioner. The report continues .t8-We
 believe the law should be amended as
 to provide that when the commission i CT having Jurisdiction, on hearing and notice. finds that hospital treatment | is necessary, it should be made com
 feiting colnpensation if such treat ment is refused.s
 The ninth suggestion is for clearing lup the ambiguity of the language Of lthe law relating to the findings ef
 fact made by a commissioner. That
 the findings of fact are final hays
 been recognized by Judges Bennett 1 Case and Shumway, but the commis- lsioners suggest that the law so state l leaving questions to be decided upon
 appea1 purely questions Of law. Any
 other course, say the commissioners, I would jeopardize the success of a Compensation plan-''
 $ Suggestion 10 relates to payment Of Ieompensation to widows who wish to
 romove without the country where liv-. ling is less expensive. The commis- sioners suggest that a sound public
 policy indicates that such dependents should be permitted to go wherever they may be se1f-supp porting and that I Part B should be made clear that a
 communication will be binding not only tthe compensation but on all others who |uay thereafter be entitled to compen- satfon on account of the same injury. A defect in the law as it stands is
 the omission to provide a schedule of fcompensation for any impairment of vision less than a total loss of sight; lof one eye. x Impair l Inenf of vision should be so treated as Ito allow a commissioner passing on ISuch g. case to award compensation Ibaaed on diminished earning power las established by the evidence
 The report is accompanied by drafts of sections in the law with suggested
 changes in pfpraseology as would meet the points set forth in the preceding sIeleyen paragraphs.
 As an appendix to the report is given a communication from joint commit 4tee of the Connecticut Medical Society l and the Hospital Association of Com, Inecticut in which it is pointed out that I the law in Section wherein 1t limits j liability of the employer for care and attendance to thirty days f'imnediate- i 1y following the injury is alleged i'm justice to those cases that do not develop a disability until a number of days after the injury and to those leases that are not restored to activity,
 in that time and still require treat
 ment.'' s
 Says the communication: we rec tomnend that the law stand as it now is but this be added: 1tAt the discre-
 ton of the commissioner in whose dis
 tr1ct the case is, an order may be given, authorizing the examination of
 the case by competent disinterested physician, at the expense of the e1n-
 ployer, to determine, if in his opinion,
 treatment is stiilsnecessary and on the treport of such physician the com mis-
 sion may order continuance of treat ment at the expense of the employer. D Fl We recommend an amendment to tSection 8, last clause, so that it shall
 read: tsBut if incapacity extends be-
 yond a period of two weeks, compen-
 sation shall begin on. the day that in
 capacity resulted from the injury.''
 The committee recommends a change to provide for compensation for per
 manent partial disability, and. that such partial disability be recognized in fifths and that compensation be as many fifths of the award for total permanent disability as there have f3been fifths of the function lost.
 The latter points out that it costs [ hospitals ten to fifteen dollars a week to care for cases sent them. If com > pensation is only seven dollars 8 week
 the balance has to be made up by con tributionsf that are made for charity, and physicians should not be asked to : treat these eases for nothing in hos pitfalls any more than they are asked : to treat them outside for nothing
 The committee recommends that cases needing hospital treatment be placed in senai-private wards at a rate : that re-inburses the hospital for the expense of their care and that physi- clans rendering services in such eases