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TUBERCULOSIS.
During the year there were 16 deaths from Tubercular
diseases, 12 of these being from Phthisis.
In all cases of Phthisis that have come to my knowledge
leaflets have been left pointing out fully the nature and danger of
the disease, and the means to be taken for the prevention of the
spread of infection to others; and where rooms occupied by
consumptive persons have been evacuated by death or otherwise,
a visit has been paid by one of the sanitary officials, and an offer
to disinfect, free of cost, by the Sanitary Authority has been
made, and in every case carried out.
The Council are considering the question of making
arrangements for the maintenance of two beds, in a Sanatorium
to be determined upon, for the reception of suitable cases of
Consumption from this district.
This will be, I feel sure, a very wise provision. Not only
will such cases as have the advantage of Sanatorium treatment
have every prospect of being restored wholly or partially to
health, but they will, which is of the greatest importance, not
only learn while undergoing the treatment how to live at home
under the best possible conditions to keep them in health or
continue the curative process there begun, but they will become
centres for imparting and disseminating their experience and
knowledge to others around them.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
This Hospital is built on a site of nine acres of land
situated in Tottenhall Road, Palmers Green. It is a fine open
and airy site admirably adapted for the purpose. Only a portion
of the site is at present occupied by the Hospital premises, the
remainder being let off in allotments. The Hospital premises
are entirely closed by a close boarded fence, and there is one
entrance only, in Tottenhall Road.
The Hospital was opened in January, J902, and consists of
(1) an administration block for the Staff; (2) a ward block;
(3) an isolation block; (4) a laundry block with steam