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has been done to educate the public and arouse their interest
in this most important subject. The National Association for
the Prevention of Consumption and other Forms of Tuberculosis
has been formed. For a subscription of five
shillings anyone can become a member, or a life -member for a
donation of five guineas. A leaflet and pamphlet have
already been issued, and the Board gave its consent for copies
of these to be sent to Members of the Board and the medical
practitioners of the district, and to the latter additional copies
of the leaflet have been given for distribution to consumptive
patients. In my Annual Report for the year 1895 I
mentioned that for the prevention of consumption and allied
diseases it is necessary that there should be:—
Good ventilation of houses and workshops, and
their sanitary construction and arrangement so as to
secure fresh air, good light, and dry walls.
No overcrowding.
Proper drainage of the soil.
Inspection of cowsheds, dairies, and cows, so as to
insure good milk, free from the germs of tuberculosis.
Inspection of animals intended for food, and
adequate supervision of them at the time of slaughter.
Disinfection of the sputum of phthisical patients,
infected articles and rooms.
To these I will now add:—
The bacteriological examination of sputum, so
that cases may be detected in their earliest stau:e, when
cure can be most easily effected.
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The provision of sanatoria for the open-air treatment
of consumption.