Infectious diseases and their preventive treatment / [E.C. Seaton].

  • Seaton, Edward C. (Edward Cator), 1815-1880
Date:
1911
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    CHAPTER III PHTHISIS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTIVE MEASURES THE FACTORS IN PHTHISIS (CONSUMPTION) REDUCTION SANATORIUM OR HOSPITAL ACCOMMO- DATION SOME NECESSARY CONSIDERATIONS. “ Consumption,” to use the name by which the most widely prevalent form of tuberculosis is commonly known, is not generally or compulsorily notifiable in England; although it must be stated that many changes in regard to systematic notification of this disease have been made, and are still being made, both in this country and in Scotland. The in- clusion of diseases as notifiable in the lists scheduled under statutory provision is, as we have already seen, confined to diseases of an acute or transient nature. It is comparatively easy to protect the interest of the sufferer in this class of case. At the most, two or three months generally sees the end of an illness, and the loss or inconvenience that may result therefrom before con- valescence and disinfection are complete. But when we have to deal with tuberculosis, an hereditary and, may- be, life-long cause of more or less disabling illness, it is obvious that serious individual hardships may arise from notification. It is apparent, therefore, that much has to be considered before the system could be generally agreed to. The same is true with regard to the provision of sanatorium or hospital accommodation, the scale on