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2½ years after her discharge from the Sanatorium, there were no signs of
active disease, and she was able to do housework. She had no cough or
expectoration, although she had lost flesh.
M. W., aged 25, of Raymond Street (she has removed to Old Tower
Buildings), was admitted to Maitland Sanatorium on July 17th, 1911, and
remained there for 4 months. She gained nearly 7 lbs. in weight, and on
her discharge her temperature was quite normal. She could walk two or
three miles, and do housework without difficulty. Fine crepitations could
be heard at the apices of both lungs. Her " general health was excellent,
and the condition of lungs in statu quo." 6½ months after her
discharge, it was found that there had been a return' of symptoms. On
examination, it was found that there was extension of the disease. She
was not doing well. She got married in 1912, and had a baby in October,
1913. She attended the St. George's Dispensary regularly since July, 1912.
Since the baby was bom she has got rapidly worse, and her condition is now
very unsatisfactory.
H. G., aged 24, of Anthony Street (now of Jane Street), was admitted to
Fairlight Sanatorium on August 28th, 1911, and after remaining there for
three months left against the advice of the Medical Superintendent, although
there was little or no activity of the disease at that time. The doctor
thought it would have been wiser to wait for a few weeks longer in order
that he might have been tested with the hardest grade of work.
6 months afterwards, there was no return of the symptoms. The
pulmonary condition showed no return of activity, and he was doing well.
2 \ years afterwards he appeared to be very fit. He gained 15 lbs. at the
Sanatorium, and since his discharge he had gained another 26 lbs. in weight. He
did not return to the tailoring trade on leaving the Sanatorium, but joined his
father as a poulterer. He had no cough or expectoration, and did not receive
medical treatment of any kind.
E. B., aged 38, of Charles Street (now of Spring Garden Place), was admitted
to Fairlight Sanatorium, on September 4th, 1911. At the end of 4 months, the
Medical Superintendent reported that the patient was not very robust, but that
there was not much, if any, active disease. His general physique was poor, and
he doubted his capacity of performing hard work. For the last month his
temperature had not risen above 99 degrees, in spite of the fact that he had been
doing moderately hard work, e.g., digging broken ground, scrubbing and garden
sweeping. He had gained 14 lbs. in weight. 2 months after leaving the
Sanatorium he had no return of symptoms. The chest conditions had apparently
healed.
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