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During the summer of 1908 a private experiment was carried
out by the Middlesbrough Sanitary Authority in the Small-pox
Hospital of the open-air treatment of 25 women suffering from the
disease, but I have not yet been favoured with results of the
experiment.
In Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in addition to the usual precautions,
in special cases bedding is destroyed and replaced by the Corporation.
The Sanitary Committee have recently made arrangements
for the use of 20 beds in the Barrasford Sanatorium for patients
resident in the City. Sunderland provides 2 beds in a Sanatorium,
in addition to other measures, and Brighton reserves 20 beds in
the Borough Sanatorium for the isolation and education of Consumptives.
In Scotland (he methods adopted vary. For example, in
Edinburgh Compulsory Notification is in force, and a pavilion
is set apart in connection with the City Hospital for the admission
of a fixed number up to 50 of advanced cases of Phthisis. Disinfection
and cleansing are carried out in each house which appears
on the Registrar's list each week, as having been occupied by a
case of Phthisis, or in which such a case has died. In Glasgow,
on the other hand, voluntary notification is the system in force,
and, with the exception of disinfection in all houses where cases
of the disease are notified, little else appears to be done. I am
informed, however, that other measures are in contemplation by
the City Council.
In Ireland, where of recent years, owing to the alarming
increase of the disease, special interest and attention have been
directed to the causes responsible for this unsatisfactory state
of things, a great deal of energy is being displayed in fighting
the disease. Compulsory notification is, or is about to be, the
law in Ireland. In Dublin, compulsory notification is in force,
and pocket spittoons are supplied by the Corporation gratuitously.
Disinfection is carried out in all cases, and disinfectants supplied
with spittoons. Lady Inspectors visit the homes of patients and
give advice, and literature is distributed freely. In Belfast voluntary
notification is in force. Disinfection is carried out as a