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35 cases were notified from Hospitals and Sanatoria, and many of
these did not return to the district on discharge from Sanatoria. Some
have attended on their discharge, and others are attending their
hospital of origin.
28 of the cases notified in 1924 died during the course of the year.
12 cases occurred in domestic servants.
64 of the notified cases have come within the orbit of the
Dispensary scheme, either by attending themselves or the contacts
attending for examination.
13 of the cases accepted by the London County Council have been
sent to Colindale or other homes for advanced cases.
During the year 48 X-ray examinations have been made, and I
would like to express my appreciation to the Radiologist and the
Hampstead General Hospital for the excellent films we are now
receiving.
We have profited much by the Hampstead beds at Northwood. The
results from this Institution are excellent, and the patients are always
high in their praise of the manner in which they are treated.
The average stay in this Sanatorium, as far as our patients are
concerned, is higher than elsewhere, and this gives the patients a very
much better chance on their discharge.
Perhaps it would be well to indicate the type of case one
endeavours to select for this Institution.
First, one has a preference for a quite early case, as the prolonged
treatment given makes the chance of a cure more hopeful. Secondly
the amenities of North wood are of rather a higher standard than at
most other sanatoria available. Consequently, one endeavours to
choose patients of the rather better class from those who come to us,
and this for two reasons, one being that a poor and indigent patient is
not happy at a place in which most of the other patients are better off
than themselves, the other being the desire not to lower the general
standard by our cases.
The poorest type of patient is provided for under the London
County Council Scheme. They are likely to be happier, and the
assessment as to how much the patient shall pay, or whether they shall
make any payment, is in the hands of the appropriate Committee.
I consider that there is a weak point in the working of the