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Treatment
commenced
Total
Number
Present condition
Dead
Arrested
Quiescent
Stationary
1923
-
1
1
-
-
1927
1
1
-
-
-
-
1928
1
-
-
1
1923
5
2
3 (2)*
-
-
1
1930
14
8
1
4 (3)
1931
26
3 (1)
8 (4)
9 (1)
6
1932
17
4 (2)
9 (2)
3 (2)
1 (1)
5 (2)
1 (1)
1933
20
-
14 (8)
* One of these three deaths was due to suicide in an arrested
case.
The above table reveals the value of this form of treatment
in cases where the disease is confined to one lung only, at the
onset of treatment. Of 47 such cases where treatment was
started in 1932 or previously, in 37 or 78%, the disease has been
brought to a stage of arrest or quiescence.
Continued use has been made, where possible, of the services
and co-operation of the District Nursing Association. This help
has been of value in cases requiring special observation pending a
definite diagnosis, and also in the nursing of advanced cases at
home.
Of the 90 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 43 occurred in
local municipal hospitals, 11 in voluntary hospitals, sanatoria or
other institutions, and 36 occurred at home, some of the latter
just after prolonged periods in hospital. Such cases are retained in
hospital, as far as possible, in order to minimise the risk of infection
to others.