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III.—Of the 40 beds occupied by patients with non-pulmonary
tuberculosis,
(a) 12 were at the Royal Sea-Bathing Hospital, Margate;
(b) 15 at St. Anthony's Hospital, Cheam;
(c) 4 at Heatherwood Hospital, Ascot;
(d) 1 at Victoria Home, Margate;
(e) 2 at Lord Mayor Treloar's Hospital, Alton;
(f) 2 at the Alexandra Hospital for Hip Diseases;
(g) 1 at Cheyne Hospital for Children;
(h) 3 at other institutions.
None of these beds were definitely retained for Croydon patients.
Of these 40 beds for non-pulmonary tuberculosis, on an average 16
were occupied by cases of surgical tuberculosis (of spine, joints or
bone), and 24 by cases of glandular or other non-pulmonarv tuberculosis.
Towards the end of the year a Joint Sub-Committee of the Public
Health Committee and the Education Committee considered a
report setting out a scheme for the prevention and early treatment
of crippling. The scheme was favourably considered by the SubCommittee
and by the two parent Committees concerned, but had
not at the time of preparation of this report been submitted to the
Council. The scheme, if approved by the latter, will be a most important
and effective measure towards the elimination of a most disabling
group of physical disabilities, which in the aggregate are a
costly burden to the community. I hope to be in a position to refer
to the scheme in greater detail in the next report.
Number of Patients under Treatment.
During 1924, 201 patients were admitted to sanatoria for pulmonary
tuberculosis. Of these, 108 were men—of whom 43 were
invalided ex-service men—65 were women, and 28 were children.
A total of 417 Croydon patients (including those in institutions
at the beginning of the year) received institutional treatment