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part of other members of the family; but during their stay at
the Sanatorium they had learnt the importance of open air
treatment and of sleeping in separate rooms.
As regards cure, sufficient time has not elapsed to form a
trustworthy opinion. Out of seventeen patients who have
been in the Sanatorium, three are at present occupying the
Council's beds, and three have died. Of the remainder (eleven)
all were much improved in weight and other ways by their
stay. Two are at home, apparently perfectly well; one in
work, and the other seeking for work. Two as I have said
above are still at the Sanatorium continuing the treatment and
doing a little work; one at least is quite well and will shortly
leave for America.
Four have relapsed since their return; of these
One has been in another Sanatorium, and is now in
Brompton Hospital;
One is at work, but getting worse ;
One is at home in bed;
One is being treated at home.
In three the treatment did not arrest the disease, though it
improved the patient's general condition.
106a. Isolation of Advanced Cases.—It is well known that
there is practically no hospital accommodation for advanced
cases of phthisis outside the Poor Law Infirmaries; all other
hospitals refuse advanced cases; yet it is most important that
these should be treated in hospital when they exist in the
homes of the poor. Such homes have usually no facilities for
properly nursing cases of serious illness, and they certainly are
unsuitable for isolating infectious disease, and Dr. Koch considers
these advanced cases the most infectious, and the chief