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Settlement of Disputes: Disputes should be referred to spe- 
dial tribunals, the members of which should include judges 
or “assessors” who are especially cognizant of the purposes 
of insurance and the needs of insured persons. 
Exception for Sparsely Populated Territories: Countries 
with sparsely populated territories or where means of com- 
munication are inadequate and which, therefore, cannot 
organize sickness insurance in certain parts of their territory, 
should establish in such parts of their territory a “sanitary 
service” adequate to the local conditions, and investigate 
periodically whether the conditions required for the intro- 
duction of compulsory sickness insurance in the parts of 
‘heir territory, previously excepted, are fulfilled. 
Seamen and Sea Fishermen: This Recommendation is not 
ro apply to seamen and sea fishermen.! 
Action Taken by Member Nations? 
Little action on part of the member nations has been 
recorded so far, beyond submission to the competent author- 
ities by several countries? Sweden decided to postpone 
action. 
t International Labor Conference, Tenth Session, 1927, Vol. 1, pp. 697-702. 
2 For references to specific countries see Appendix II of this volume. 
' Argentina, Cuba, Denmark, Great Britain, New Zealand, Norway, Salvador 
and South Africa. International Labor Conference, Eleventh Session, 1928, 
Report of the Director, First Part, p. 153. 
‘Industrial and Labor Information, 1928, Vol. XXV, p. 407.