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and the Staff idle, it was decided to utilise some of this accommodation
as a Sanatorium for the treatment of Consumption. From
June 1st to the end of September, 12 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
were under treatment. The intention was not so much to
cure, if possible, each patient, but to educate them in the management
of their expectoration, so as to lessen the danger to
others living or working with them, to instruct them as to diet,
and also by practical illustration to teach the necessity for constant
fresh air both day and night. These patients could then,
when discharged, not only continue the treatment, but could
advise others similarly afllicted.
While the patients were in Hospital, the rooms they had
occupied before admission were disinfected, and the other members
of the family were thus, for a time, given a rest from
infection. The benefits obtained were, therefore, by no means
confined to the actual patients admitted. The cases were selected
from those notified, under the system of voluntary Notification
by various Medical Practitioners.
The following particulars are given of these cases:—