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their command this valuable adjunct to a definite system for the
prevention of phthisis, and it becomes now all the more desirable
that they should make the system complete by adopting in the near
future one or other form of notification of the disease.
The Proposed Middlesex Open-Air Sanatorium.
As referred to in my last report, the Middlesex Sanatorium
scheme was launched at a public meeting in the Middlesex Guildhall
in November, 1903.
A Committee, which is representative of the various public bodies
in the County who are interested in the question, and on which 1
have the honour to serve on behalf of this district, has been at work
since then on the details of the scheme, By the constitution already
agreed upon, the entire control of the institution is vested in those
who establish and maintain it, in proportion to their stake in the
enterprise.
It has for its object "the treatment of hopeful cases of Tuber
cular disease of the lungs and air passages among such bona fide
inhabitants of the County (both male and female) as are unable to
afford the fees of more expensive sanitoria, and for the Instruction
and Training of the patients on the best means for preventing the
spread of the disease."
" The intention is that 100 beds shall be provided, that the
administrative buildings shall be as simple as possible, and that the
patients shall be lodged in bungalows detatched from the main
buildings. The cost per bed of establishing the sanatorium need not
exceed £500, nor the weekly maintenance 30s."
" The Public Authorities have already agreed to establish and
maintain nearly one-third of the total number of beds. The general
public are asked to establish the remainder for those who, by mutual
insurance, or the help of employers and friends, can find the whole
or the greater part of the weekly cost."