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prolonged treatment a very different child was to be seen, improved
in health, bright and alert, taking an interest in everything.
Good results in a Sanatorium, however, are of little avail
in a fairly large number of cases owing to the conditions they return
to at home, and one cannot help wondering which is the
lesser of two evils, Sanatorium treatment or the reaction when
they return home.
Open-air schools are certainly a help, but a question that
requires serious consideration is the formation of colonies to complete
the treatment and train the children for suitable trades. The
outlook would appear more optimistic than in the case of adults
who in the majority of cases have to change their past trade and
mode of life, and in the case of the married, worry about home
affairs.
There was one case of scarlet fever in February, and three
cases of mumps in April. Fortunately, with isolation the infection
did not spread. The infection can generally be traced to new
admissions.
The erection of a playing-room, verandah, and radiators, in
the coming year should prove useful additions.
Arrangements have been made for Probationer Nurses to go
to Dagenham for a period to attend lectures, and so enable them
to present themselves for the Certificate of the Tuberculosis Association,
their place being filled in the meantime by a Probationer
from Dagenham.
The following was the rainfall for the year in inches:—jan.,
1.41; Feb., 0.20; Mar., —; April, 1.04; May, 0.01; June, 0.79;
July, 1.54; Aug., 2.03; Sept., 0.40; Oct., 2.04; Nov., 4.50; Dec.,
Staff.
Nursing-
Matron.
2 Sisters.
2 Assistant Nurses.
5 Probationers.
Domestic—
8.
Males—
1 Head Gardener and Caretaker.
1 Motor Driver and Fngine Attendant.
1 Handyman.
103.