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"HARTS" SANATORIUM.
Dr. Cheater reports as follows:—
Patients discharged, 117 (males 65, females 52). Of these
81 were insured (55 males and 26 females), and 36 not insured (10
males, 26 females).
Deaths 15 (included in 117 above).
Average duration of treatment 25.8 weeks.
Number of patients days 20,206.
Number of beds available at the end of the year 56.
Average number of beds occupied 55.36.
The immediate results of treatment are as follows:—
56 cases were discharged as "Quiescent."
46 cases were discharged as "Not Quiescent."
Of the latter 27 cases were "improved" and 19 cases "not
improved."
Of the 117 cases discharged 23 had had one previous course of
sanatorium treatment and two had been in more than once.
The number of deaths, 15, is fairly high this year and is due
to the fact that more patients in the advanced stages are tending
to seek admission to the sanatorium. This naturally creates
pressure upon the present limited accommodation and maintains a
fairly long waiting list, especially on the female side. The average
number of the latter throughout 1931 has been 9, and seeing that
sanatorium treatment is of necessity much more prolonged than
in the case of diseases of an acute nature, it means that patients
have to wait some time for admission. This, however, will be
rectified when the new pavilion is completed, the plans of which
are now before the Ministry of Health and will, no doubt, during
the coming year be in the course of erection. In connection herewith
it may be stated that cubicles in the contemplated new building
will be of extreme value and convenience in dying cases not
only for the nursing staff but also for the patients and relatives.
A patient dying in a ward is a very depressing incident to all concerned,
and the privacy which a cubicle affords will obviate this.
The average duration of treatment this year has been increased,
it being impressed upon patients to remain until they have