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22, and one lung in an advanced stage (consolidation) in
4 cases. Tubercle bacilli were found in 29 cases. As patients
are only received for one month in the first instance there is
advantage in sending somewhat advanced or chronic cases,
who, though their lives may not be prolonged very much,
will learn the open-air treatment, and thus lessen the danger
of infecting others on return.
81. The following table, recommended by the Local
Government Board, shows the condition in each subsequent
year of the survivors from the cases treated in each year
since patients were sent to Peppard. The difference between
the sum of the numbers dead and the survivors, and the
number discharged, in any year, shows the cases lost sight of.
Number of patients discharged in each year who were (a)
alive but not well enough to work; (b) at work, seeking work,
or performing their ordinary duties, in January of each of
the undermentioned years:—