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January 3rd, 1913. She gained 13 lbs. in weight, and her temperature was normal.
Her walking capacity was good and her working capacity was fair. There was some
stickiness of breath sounds over the second and third intercostal spaces, where
formerly there were definite crepitations. Her general condition was much improved
and her lungs showed distinct improvement. She did not attend any Dispensary for
after-treatment. She resumed her duties, but was not able to continue for long
periods.
2 ¼ years after her discharge she had gained weight and her cough had disappeared.
She worked intermittently.
G. H., aged 47, a hawker, of Maidman Street, was admitted to Fairlight Sanatorium
on October 21st, 1912, and was discharged on December 6th. He left at his
own request and against the advice of the Medical Superintendent. He was doing
Grade III. work, with only an occasional rise of temperature to 99 degrees. His
weight was quite maintained. He only attended once at the Dispensary after his
discharge, in July, 1913, when his symptoms had returned. Moist sounds could be
heard in the chest.
2 years afterwards his condition was not so good, the cough and expectoration
had returned. He was not able to follow his employment as a hawker regularly.
W. C., aged 42, of Maplin Street, was admitted to Fairlight Sanatorium on
July 31st, 1912, and discharged on September 7th. The apex of the right lung was
affected. He made very satisfactory progress during his stay at the Sanatorium,
gaining over 18 lbs. in weight. He was able to do Grade III. work, and for the last
week or two his temperature was normal, except on two occasions, when it touched
99 degrees. The Medical Superintendent did not consider that he was fit to leave
when he did, and told him so.
2¼ years after his discharge he kept well, and worked regularly as a shoemaker.
He was free from cough and expectoration. He did not receive any after-treatment
at a Dispensary.
E. H., aged 21, a tie cutter, of Peabody Buildings, Commercial Street, was
admitted to Fairlight Sanatorium on September 13th, 1912, and was discharged on
April 5th, 1913. He had advanced disease, affecting both lungs. When he left he
was doing Grade IV. work without rise of temperature. There was still Tubercle
Bacilli in the sputum and crepitations could be heard; but the Medical Superintendent
considered that the disease was not active, and that he was fit for work. He gained
1 st. in weight. He attended at Margaret Street Hospital as an out-patient, but
died a year after his discharge from the Sanatorium.
L.J., aged 23, a carpenter, of Mile End Road (now of Leyton), was admitted
to Fairlight Sanatorium on September 13th, 1912, and was advised to leave on
November 16th, as he was suffering from fits. The fits appeared to be increasing
in frequency and severity. There was no sign of active disease in the lungs, the