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Section F—TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME.
During the year 1914 the general arrangements under the
Tuberculosis Scheme have remained as in the previous year. The
Dispensary has acted as a focus of the work and the institutional
accommodation has consisted of beds in sanatoria obtained as required
and beds in the Borough Hospital. The treatment and
general work consists therefore of dispensary, sanatoria and
hospital treatment for all cases requiring supervision by the Public
Health authority and of domiciliary treatment for insured persons,
this latter being only available as a specific mode of dealing with
tuberculosis under the National Insurance Act, 1911, which provides,
of course, for the attendance of a panel practitioner under
the provisions of the Act. The provision of extra nourishment—a
most important adjunct to the treatment of tuberculosis—is provided
for to a certain limited extent by the local authority for noninsured
persons this being parallel with the provision of extra
nourishment provided for by the legislature under the National
Insurance Act.
The number of beds available at the Borough Hospital for the
treatment of phthisis is 17 (12 in Ward K. and 5 shelters). Six
of the ward beds are reserved for females and the remaining 6 beds
and 5 shelters are occupied by male patients. The sanatoria to
which patients were sent were as follows, viz.:—
Brompton Hospital.
City Road Hospital, London.
Clare Hall Sanatorium, South Mimms.
Crooksbury Sanatorium, Surrey.
Frimlev Sanatorium.
Great Baddow Encampment, near Chelmsford.
Ide Hill Sanatorium, Surrey.
King Edward VII. Sanatorium, Midhurst.
Lord Mayor Treloar's Cripples Home, Alton.
Merivale Sanatorium, near Chelmsford.
National Children's Home and Sanatorium, Harpenden.
National Sanatorium, Benenden.
Royal National Hospital for Consumption, Ventnor.
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate.
St. Catherine's Home, Ventnor.
General Remarks.-—The year 1914 is the first year in
which the Tuberculosis Dispensary has been in full working order
throughout. The statistics relating thereto are therefore not
strictly comparable with those published for 1913. The work has
increased greatly in all directions, notably so in the provision of
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