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"That a Sanatorium is needed for the open-air treatment
of poor persons suffering from Pulmonary Consumption, in the
early stages of the disease, and should be provided by a Central
Authority acting for the Metropolis as a whole."
"That the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Board,
by reason of their practical experience in the management of
hospitals for infectious disease, being eminently qualified for
the position of such authority, the Local Government Board be
requested to confer on, or, if necessary, to obtain for. the said
Managers power to act in that capacity."
"That the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Board
should also be empowered to use, for sanatorium purposes, the
'Southern Hospital,' recently erected by them at Carshalton,
in the County of Surrey."
"That the Government be urged to provide a sum of money
annually for the erection and maintenance of suitable Sanatoria
for the treatment of early cases of consumption."
Of the cases voluntari'y notified in Stoke Newington during the
year, in 17 (or about 45 per cent.) there was no family history of the
disease. In 17 (or about 45 per cent.) one of the parents was consumptive;
and in 4 cases, although parents and grandparents provided
no history of infection, aunts or uncles had suffered.
CEREBRO SPINAL FEVER.
The case of Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal-Meningitis was that of an
infant three months of age, whose parents had recently left Hackney
to take up their residence in Stoke Newington. Although careful
enquiry was made, it was impossible to trace the existence of any
antecedent case of this disease, the infection of which could have
reached the patient in connection either with the home at Hackney