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Consultations at Homes of Patients:
During the year 96 visits (including 18 personal consultations)
to homes of patients who were too ill to attend the Clinic
were made.
New cases are visited by Dr. Ellman, old cases being visited
by Dr. Crawford.
Dr. Philip Ellman, Consultant to the Chest Clinic, comments
on the work of the Clinic as follows:—
Co-operation with Specialised and General Hospitals:
There is a continuance of this co-operation, which has been
outlined in reports of previous years.
Acknowledgment is made of the help and courtesy received
from the Staffs of the various hospitals in the interests of the
Council's patients.
Co-ordination of the Work of the Chest Clinic
and Sanatorium:
Further experience of this close co-ordination, whereby my
visits to the Sanatorium enable me to discuss the treatment of
all cases with the Medical Superintendent, Dr. Crawford, is proving
of inestimable value. We are thus able to assess the prognosis
and results of treatment. A study of the patients' reactions
to the varied forms of treatment advised—the psychological,
social and economic factors—can, therefore, be made, with the
result that the follow-up of such cases and the great importance
of after-care is greatly enhanced, in value.