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each case. The total number of examinations during the year
was 3,723, and the doctors have explicit instructions to discharge
patients as soon as, in their opinion, the patient is cured, or the
maximum improvement to be expected has been achieved. All
patients come by appointment.
"In spite of these precautions the amount of work which
has been done during 1937 has exceeded the capacity of the building,
the equipment and the staff, and I wish to make certain
recommendations under each of these headings:—
"Building—As I have already pointed out, in modern
practice many patients are given Radiant Heat before receiving
other forms of treatment. This often means, especially on the
female side of the Solarium, that congestion occurs in the treatment
cubicles. If such treatment could be given to groups of
patients in a room instead of to individuals in cubicles this difficulty
would, to a large extent, be solved. I suggest that the
room which is at present used by the nurses as a common room
would suit admirably for this purpose. In anticipation of such
a possible use in the future, this room was wired for the purpose
when the building was being erected, so that no new wiring would
be necessary.
"If the Committee adopts this suggestion it will be necessary
to provide another nurses' room, and this could be done on the
north side of the Solarium floor. The situation of the suggested
new room, though not quite so convenient for the nurses, does not
offer any real obstacle, and having considered the whole layout of
the floor very carefully, both with Mr. Bush and the Council's
Architect, I am of opinion that this is the best solution.
"A second suggestion in connection with the building is
that permanent screens, to match the remainder of the furnishings,
should be erected to enclose the two Schnee Cell machines.
"Equipment—The installation of a room for the administration
of collective Radiant Heat treatment would require the
provision of four additional Radiant Heat lamps. In addition
two more Radiant Heat lamps are required for the male section.