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active tuberculosis but the father of one was found to have tuberculosis disease as previously mentioned. One hundred and eightyfour
new contacts of tuberculous patients were X-rayed and one
found to have tuberculosis as previously mentioned.
As in the past we continued to keep under supervision with
annual X-rays those persons who had tuberculous disease because
there does seem to be a possibility of a relapse of the disease
especially in those who were treated before the introduction of
treatment with adequate antituberculous drugs, five of these
actually relapsed.
It has been found necessary to treat only a few of the active
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in Grove Park Hospital because
many of these can be quite successfully treated at home with
antituberculous drugs under the supervision of the Chest Clinic.
Those who are liable to infect others at home or who are so ill
as not to be adequately nursed at home, are admitted to hospital.
Investigations are carried out for the detection of cancer of
the lung. Investigation of bronchitis and asthma is still very important and continues to form a large part of the Clinic's work
and every effort is being made to look into the various possible
causes that might play a part in these conditions so that the
progress of this can be checked before they become more severely
and permanently disabled. The employment and social problems
of all these patients are also thoroughly investigated with a view
to helping them as much as possible. Those who are unable to
continue at work derive much benefit from the help of our
Occupational Therapist.