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In this group, of the 46 cases of early disease who were discharged during the
year 1906-7, 35 or 76 per cent, were alive or well at the end of 1909.
Whereas in the following groups of more advanced cases, of 63 patients classified
under Group 2, 45 or 71 per cent., and of 40 patients in Group 3, 14 or 35 per cent,
were well or alive at the end of 1909.

With regard to occupation the very large proportion of these patients returned,
after their discharge from the Sanatorium, to their original occupations. It is of
interest to note that indoor work, such as that of a clerk or a teacher, has proved
quite compatible with continued good health. Very few patients return to an
outdoor occupation ; but those whose work allows of them being out of doors for
a considerable portion of the day, such as for instance, clergymen, surveyors, and
medical men in the country, have almost invariably done well.
Remunerative work, which allows of a former patient living for the most part
in the open air, has proved very difficult to obtain. Lack of the capital necessary
to re-commence life as a farmer, poultry keeper, fruit or vegetable grower, &c.,
is the chief obstacle to patients going back to the land. A few patients only have
emigrated, and they for the most part have done well. Amongst these the following
may be quoted :—A former clerk wrote to the Medical Superintendent from British