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Non-Pulmonary Cases.—All cases have now been withdrawn
from the St. Andrew's Home, South Hayling. Surgical
cases are now being sent to the Alexandra Hospital, Swanley,
where 10 beds have been in continuous occupation for some
months. The treatment of this type of case is prolonged, and
can only be carried out in special Hospitals with skilled staff.
The results are, however, eminently satisfactory. Beds have
been taken in other Institutions, making 10 in all occupied.
The importance of the Hospital for Surgical Cases was
emphasised at the Conference of the National Association for
the Prevention of Tuberculosis held at Glasgow during the
summer.
Tuberculosis of Skin.—Twenty cases of Lupus have
been receiving treatment at the London Hospital, most of them
by Artificial Sunlight Treatment.
After-Care-Colony and Village Settlement.—Two
cases, ex-service men, have received treatment and training at
the Preston Hall Colony during the year. One was discharged
as unsuitable for Colonisation, but the other has now been
transferred to the Village Settlement, where he now lives with
his family. There is need of an organisation which would
provide work under good conditions subsidised so as to shelter
workers from ordinary industrial conditions. It is recognised
that the care of Tuberculosis is not complete until the consumptive,
who is fit for work, has been found work under
suitable conditions and adjusted to his capacity.
Prevention of Tuberculosis.—The continuation of overcrowding
seriously impedes measures of prevention applicable
to patients' homes. It is quite impossible for isolation to be
arranged in many of the most urgent cases.
There are cases where the loan of a bed would permit of
the isolation of the patient in his own home, but in the most
urgent cases the accommodation is such that there is no room
to put the bed, if provided. The question of loaning beds in
suitable cases is one recommended for consideration.
I would also recommend for consideration the question
of making grants of food to the family of a patient after his
or her removal to an Institution where there is a shortage of
food in the family.