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Register is considerable, but the great majority are only
slightly infected and make good progress under ordinary
dispensary supervision without specialised treatment.
For those who require more active measures, institutional
treatment in sanatoria, surgical homes or convalescent
homes can be provided through the London
County Council or the late Fulham Board of Guardians.
This will in most cases tend to cause arrest of the disease,
and most of these children are afterwards sent on to
special schools according to their specific disability.
From Fulham and the surrounding boroughs many gland
(and a few pulmonary) cases are referred to the Elizabethan
Open Air School, which is situated in Broomhouse
Road, Fulham. This school has accommodation for
about 60 boys and girls, and amongst the pupils are
many whose condition has never been sufficiently serious
to necessitate their being sent away, or whose parents
arc unwilling to allow them to leave home. These
schoolchildren are under constant supervision by
one of the Tuberculosis Dispensary Nurses, and the
Tuberculosis Officer for the Borough makes a weekly
inspection at which a number of children are examined
in rotation, all the children being thus seen at least once
every five or six weeks. Classes are held under open air
conditions, and when fine, accommodation is provided
in two specially constructed shelters built on the
playground; whilst in severe weather the children
are taught in lofty class rooms in the main building.
The daily routine is divided into special hours of work,
rest and exercise, under close supervision by the Head
Mistress, who also controls the diet. The meals are
excellent and well cooked, and the Tuberculosis Officer
periodically inspects the kitchens and dining room at
meal times. Each child has an allowance of milk during
the morning and a good meal at mid-day; and if
necessary, cod-liver oil, extract of malt, virol or other
special medicaments are ordered. Under this regime
very satisfactory results are obtained, and during the
past year the progress in the children has been excellent
and in some cases very marked. The Head Mistress is
to he congratulated on her success in placing certain of
the School leavers in suitable situations. Treatment