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thirteen have died, thirteen were found to have had Sanatorium
experience, including three of the deceased. The number of
cases in the total referred to, relates to different persons, so
that where a person has been notified more than once from
different institutions, only one case is reckoned. This would
account for the notifications being somewhat more than the
actual number of cases.
In addition to the above, a few deaths from Phthisis have
been deait with, as discovered in the Registrar's weekly return
of deaths, and followed up for the purpose of applying fumigation
and purification of the sick rooms, and steam disinfection
or destruction of the bedding.
Rooms have been fumigated on twenty occasions, on termination
or removal of consumptive cases, in ten instances the
bedding has been disinfected in our superheated steam disinfector,
and in three others bedding has been, burnt in the
Destructor.
In one instance some bedding was about to be disposed of
without being satisfactorily disinfected and purified. Steps
were taken to prevent this, which resulted in such bedding
being burnt in our Destructor. The homes of patients were
visited, and sputum flasks, cards of rules for consumptives,
and disinfectants often supplied. Any insanitary conditions
were noted and dealt with, and the necessary disinfection attended
to, from time to time, as occasion arose.
MILK SUPPLY.
There has been little or no change in the character of our
Milk Supply during the past year.