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(7) Before patients go to the Sanatorium they must clearly
understand that they cannot have visitors except under
special circumstances.
(8) Patients will be expected to make themselves useful in
any way required by the Medical Superintendent.
(9) The Medical Superintendent reserves the right to
charge any patient who is, in her opinion, unsuitable.
Strict obedience will be required from all. Any patient
who is wilfully or carelessly disobedient will be liable
to immediate dismissal from the Sanatorium.
By order of the Public Health Committee.
SIDNEY DAYIES, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.
97. I regret to say that no further steps have yet been taken
to provide for the isolation of advanced cases of Phthisis. The
Woolwich Guardians are, however, considering the provision of
improved means for isolating and treating consumptives at the
Infirmary.
98. Fourteen spitting flasks were supplied at cost price (5d.)
compared with 23 and 35 in the two previous years.
Cancer.
99. There were 86 cases of Cancer (malignant tumours) giving
a death rate of 0.70 compared with 0.70, 0.83, 0.75, and 0.74 in
the four preceding years. Forty-two of the deaths were in males
and 44 in females. Sixty of the deaths were between the ages of
45 and 75. The highest mortality was in Burrage and Dockyard
Wards, probably because these wards contain a large proportion
of elderly persons.
100. The following table shows the sex and region affected of
all the cases of malignant disease.