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Dr. Howell, the Clinical Tuberculosis Officer, reports
on the subject:—
"The class of case usually recommended is the
patient awaiting admission to sanatorium, or one recently
discharged. It is often extremely useful in the
former case, and especially so in cases where the
general condition is very poor, and it is doubtful if
institutional treatment will do any good, as one often
finds if they leave off work and are given a little extra
diet they will soon recover sufficiently to justify recommendation
for sanatorium treatment."
"Another class of case is one in which there is
a temporary drop in the income of the family, e.g.,
when a man who has been on full-time work is placed
on part time for a period. Under these conditions,
the granting of additional nourishment sometimes is
a very substantial help, till the patient's circumstances
improve again."
"We would often like, for sentimental reasons, to
recommend extra diet to the advanced and hopeless
case, but this is hardly justifiable with the limited
expenditure allowed."
"On the whole, I think that the results obtained
by these grants justify their continuation."