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In addition, the Metropolitan Asylums Board have at Partington
an institution to which 120 children suffering from tuberculous
affections may be sent by the Guardian Boards, one at Margate with
accommodation for 130 Cases of surgical tuberculosis, and that shortly
the hospital at Carshalton will be available for 1,000 sick and debilitated
children, including those suffering from pulmonary and other forms of
tuberculosis.
While the Poor Law Infirmaries are probably suitable for advanced
cases, with the exception of the Hendon establishment, they cannot be
regarded as of any value for early cases or for such as it is possible to
improve. The expense of dealing with every case by sending to a
sanatorium for a lengthy period is doubtless prohibitive, and, moreover,
many cases are discovered too late to ensure complete cure, but considerable
value might be obtained if patients could be sent to such
places for a month's training. This method was tried with much
success at Brighton under the direction of Dr. Newsholme (now
Chief Medical Officer of the Local Government Board) and is one which
might be considered by this Council.
Tuberculous Milk.—See under "Milk" below.
Disinfection.—One hundred and forty-five rooms in 106 houses and
666 articles were disinfected by the Council's staff, and general
cleansing of the premises was carried out after each death, or on
removal from one house to another.
Subjoined is a list of the occupations of persons who have died
during the last eight years:—