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I.—Philanthropic Socif.tiks
for providing separate bed-room accommodation for poor consumptives at home
do not exist in England as in France, where the Benevolent Branches of the
Dispensaries for the Tuberculous make such provision, but application may
perhaps be made to Religious and Medical Missions, District Visiting Committees,
Branches of the Charity Organisation Society, &e.
II.—Homes for tiif. Last Stage of Disease (Including Consumption*).
Friedenheim Hospital, Sunnyside, Upper Avenue Road, Swiss Cottage, N.W.
St. Luke's House, 14, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, W.
The Hostel of God, 29, North Side, Clapham Common, S.W.
St. Peter's Home (Women only), Mortimer Road, Ivilburn, N.W.
III.—Homes for Advanced Consumptives.
For the destitute, the Poor Law Guardians of St. Pancras have provided
Wards for consumptives at the Northern Infirmary, Dartmouth Park Hill, N.W.
For the necessitous, the Metropolitan Asylums Board have had under
consideration on several occasions the question of providing accommodation for
consumptives, and the matter is still under consideration.
For the provident, the National Committee for the establishment of Sanatoria
for workers suffering from Tuberculosis (54, Gray's Inn Road, W.C., Secretary,
W. G. Bunn), proposes to construct sanatoria to be maintained by the combined
efforts of Trade Unions and other labour organisations.
For the impecunious who are able to secure the interest of subscribers or
guarantors, and also for paying patients, the following Institutions are
available :—
Home for Consumptive Females, 57 & 58, Gloucester Place, Portman
Square, W. 26 beds. Admission, £1 Is. entrance fee and 7s. a
week for chronic cases, and 10s. a week (without entrance fee) for
cases awaiting admission to a consumptive hospital.
Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth, 40, Grove End Road, St. John's
Wood, N.W. 85 beds. Admission by Subscriber's letter. Women
only are admitted at present. A special ward for consumption.
St. Joseph's Hospital for Incurable Women and Children, Burlington
Lane, Chiswick, W. 40 beds. Admission, 10s. 6d. weekly for
women, and 5s. 6d. weekly for children. £2 2s. to £4 4s. weekly
for a separate room.
At Yentnor, St. Catherine's Home for Advanced Consumptives.
At Bournemouth, Fir's Home for Advanced Consumptives.
At Torquay, Mildmay Home for Advanced Consumptives.
IV.—Special Hospital for Pronounced Consumptives.
All the special Institutions mentioned below admit pronounced cases by letter
of recommendation. The period of treatment of pronounced cases is limited,
but patients are instructed and trained to so manage themselves as to avoid
danger to others when they leave the Institution.