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The problem of stamping out Consumption will not
be solved until compulsory notification is in force, and
provision is made by the public for the support of all who
suffer by the enforcement of the necessary measures of
prevention and cure. When this is done, 50,000 lives will
be saved and half a million cases of illness prevented
every year in the United Kingdom.
PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.
Only 2 cases were notified. Applications for disinfection
have been more frequent, with the result that 8
rooms and 187 articles were disinfected after the removal
or death of the patient. Cards containing instructions,
and disinfectants, have been distributed as required.
DISINFECTION OF ROOMS USED BY
CONSUMPTIVES.
Disinfection of rooms whilst occupied by consumptives,
and after their removal or death, should be
systematically carried out. Unless the greatest care is
taken to disinfect such rooms healthy people are liable to
acquire the disease. Steps should be taken to bring this
desirable sanitary reform into effect.
COUNTY SANATORIUM FOR CONSUMPTION.
It is much to be regretted that there is no County
Sanatorium for Middlesex, and various causes have
hitherto prevented its establishment. No further official
steps have been taken, but it is rumoured that Colonel
Gerard Clark has a scheme in hand by which he hopes
to raise a large portion of the initial cost of a small
establishment. Every county in England should have one
or more of these institutions., which would receive cases in
the earlier and curable stages, and thus restore many to
health and usefulness, and prevent the infection being
spread abroad. At present many patients have to remain
for several months before they can be placed under
sanatorium treatment, and the ravages of the disease not
being arrested in time often render their cure impossible.
COTTAGE HOSPITAL.
The new Cottage Hospital is open, and has already
admitted many patients. Its work has proved of