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It is difficult to compare the results of treatment with previous
years, so many factors have to be taken into account, much
depends on the type of case admitted. When cases are received
in the early stages the results are consequently more satisfactory.
Unfortunately, a considerable number of cases do not reach the
Dispensary until the disease is well advanced for various reasons.
One can scarcely credit the substantial number that arrive at the
Sanatorium with marked disease of the lungs, and indeed often
advanced that have only ceased their occupation a short period
before, and have not even consulted their Medical Attendant
until they could no longer carry on.
The average duration of stay during the year has been abnormally
high. This can be mainly accounted for by the very prolonged
period of treatment in a number of advanced cases, where
the home conditions were impossible to return to, and the unusual
heavy rainfall during the summer months, which retarded the
progress of the patient.
The following table shows the rainfall recorded at Dagenham
during the months of the year in inches:—Jan., 1.23; Feb., 3.01;
Mar., 2.04; April, 1.71; May, 0.96; June, 2.16; July, 2.96; Aug.,
3.53; Sept., 3.81; Oct., 1.08; Nov., 2.16; Dec., 3.00.
As the years pass many reports get about of new cures. Some
raise hopes, others bring disappointment. Yet some of the more
recent forms of treatment have been of use, but only in an
extremely limited number of cases. While in others, it has been
of no avail. Sanatorium treatment, though of little use in advanced
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