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Each patient, on the average, gained 12 oz. a week during his stay, an increase
of 1 oz. on the previous year's average, which is attributed to the altered diet which
has therefore been satisfactory.
An attempt is made to keep in touch with as many patients as possible, by writing
to them at regular intervals, and in this way some very important and interesting
results have been obtained. It is only by ascertaining how many of the patients
keep in good health after leaving the Sanatorium, that the efficacy of the treatment
can be proved.
All patients are written to six months after they leave, again at the end of
twelve months after leaving, and afterwards at intervals of twelve months.
98 patients left the Sanatorium more than six months, and less than twelve
months ago, and of these 83 have been traced.
38 of these are doing full work.
4 of these are doing partial work.
21 of these are doing no work.
13 of these are dead.
7 have been re-admitted.
156 patients left the Sanatorium more than twelve months, and less than two
years ago, and of these 119 have been traced.
53 of these are doing full work.
7 of these are doing partial work.
12 of these are doing no work.
37 of these are dead.
10 have been re-admitted.
54 patients left the Sanatorium more than two years ago, and 42 of them have
been traced.
19 of these are doing full work.
2 of these are doing partial work.
6 of these are doing no work.
15 of these are dead.
Doubt has at times been cast upon the permanence of the cure, even in those
who leave sanatoria with the disease arrested. The following tables give the after
results, classified according to the condition of the patient on discharge.