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Hospital Administration. 21
Where there are dispensaries established, there is more
correct certification of deaths from Tuberculosis. During the
years of the war deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis have
increased.
England and Wales, deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis:—
1911 39,232
1912 38,085
1913 37,055
1914 38,637
1915 41,676
1916 41,545
The Tuberculosis (Domiciliary Treatment in England) Order
of 1916 states that from January, 1917, with regard to cases of
consumption treated at home:—
Article 11.—The treatment shall be carried out under the
care and direction of a Medical Practitioner, subject to the following
conditions, and to such other conditions as we may in any case
from time to time approve ; that is to say :—
(1) That the Medical Practitioner attend each patient at such
intervals as may be necessary in the interest of the patient.
(2) That the Medical Practitioner give the patient such
instructions as are required as to his mode of living, diet, rest, and
work, and as to precautions necessary to protect the patient
against re-infection.
(3) That the Medical Practitioner prepare and transmit to the
Consulting Officer at such reasonable intervals, not being less often
than once in every three months, as may be arranged between them,
a report in regard to each patient in the Form set forth in the
Schedule to these Regulations.
(4) That the Medical Practitioner make arrangements with
the Consulting Officer for each patient to be examined by the
Consulting Officer not less often than once in every twelve months.
(5) That the Medical Officer confer with the Consulting
Officer at such times and in such circumstances as may be arranged
between them in regard to patients under the care of the Medical
Practitioner.