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83. The Economy of Sanitorium Treatment. This subject
was fully dealt with in my Anuual Report for 1909.
83a. Charge for Sanatorium Beds. A slight increase
was made in the charge per bed according to the following
resolutions:—
(1) That from the 1st January, 1911, the charge per
bed per week for occupied beds for Woolwich patients
at Peppard Sanatorium shall be 30s., to include all
exceptional liabilities for the removal of patients,
special nursing, etc.
(2) That the charge for unoccupied beds shall continue
as at present, 20s. per week, and the charge for children
under 12 as heretofore, 25s. per week.
84. The names of 57 applicants were entered on the
register during the year for admission to the Sanatorium,
compared with 65, 59, 70, and 71, in the previous four
years. Of these, 35 have been admitted, 9 were too far
advanced to be accepted, and 5 were found not to be tuberculous.
One was unable to pay travelling expenses. Others
were admitted to Consumption Hospitals, other Sanatoriums,
or the Workhouse Infirmary, but all received instructions as
to means to be taken to promote Their own health and avoid
infecting others.
84a. Shelters for Consumption. Although open-air treatment
for consumption can best be carried out in the first
instance at a Sanatorium, there are many cases for which it
is desirable such treatment should be tried who cannot be
admitted to any Sanatorium. These are sometimes too ad-