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high summer temperature, there was no fall in the Phthisis
mortality. The rise in the Phthisis death-rate in 1911,
oorresponding to a record hot summer, again indicates that
heat is prejudicial to consumptives.
83. The Economy of San torium Treatment. This subject
was fully dealt with in my Annual Report for 1909.
83a. Charge for Sanatorium Beds. The following resolutions
were passed in 1910: —
(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 gtll
exceptional liabilities for the removal of patients,
special nursing, &c.
(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 weak.
84. .The names of 74 applicants were entered on the
register during the year for admission to the Sanatorium,
compared with 65, 59, 70, 71, and 57, in the previous five
years. Of these some were too far advanced to be accepted,
and some were found not to be tuberculous. Others were
admittted 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 Consumptives. Although open-air treatment
for consumption can best be carried out in the firsit
instance at a Sanatorium, there are many cases for which it is
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