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The above table accounts for all patients who left the
Sanatorium up to December 31st, 1911. Out of the 237
who have left over one year, 75 are now well and at work,
15 are unwell, 107 have died, and 40 have been lost sight of.
Some half-dozen of those recorded as at work are employed
at the Sanatorium in various capacities, receiving board and
a small wage. Of the 40 patients not accounted for, a large
proportion have emigrated, and are believed to be well and at
work in Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc.
82. The mortality of cases leaving in 1911 has been
greater than in previous years. The warm summer of that
year was prejudicial to consumptives, and this may partlv
account for the larger number of deaths. The patients were
selected with the same care as is usually employed, and the
cases which proved fatal mostly returned home decidedly
improved in health. No doubt if they could have remained
at hospital tor one or two years, instead of two or three
months, they would have done better; but my experience does
not lead me to think that a stay of four or five months has
very great advantage over one of two or three, which is quite
long enough for educational treatment. Satisfactory cures,
too, are often obtained after two months' treatment.
Many cases have now been in regular work for five, six,
and even seven years, after spending only two or three months
at Peppard; several mothers of families have continued for
similar periods to look after their families and perform their
household duties.
The fact that so many relapse as the years go on indicates
that sanatorium treatment is desirable earlier, and that more