[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The statistics for the whole country appear to indicate an increase in Tiiberculosis and result in a question as to whether the methods adopted in accordance with the Tuberculosis Regulations of 1912 have included the most efficient means of conn bating the disease. The increase in. Tuberculosis during recent years has been caused to somemxtent bv wslt conditions, but there is reason to believe that there is room, for considerable iinprovemeD.t in the method of dealing with the problem.. Sanatorium treatment is of great advantage pro- vided that the patients are admitted when in a very early stage of the disease, and effoils are being made to facilitate the early diagnosis of the condi- tion ; but after three or four months at a Sanatorium there should be available for patients a continua- tion of the treatment so that the improvement brought about by residence in a Sanatorium ma}^ be maintained. If patients return home to unsatis- factorv conditions of life thev a,re apt to fall back into their previous state of health, and the expendi- ture or. Sanatorium accommodation is thereby partly wmsted. An attempt has been made to con- tinue the Sanatorium treatment in Farm Colonies, and the Bournemouth Tuberculosis After-Care Committee have iiowt^ arranged with the Authori- ties of the Kinson Farm Colony for the provision of four to six beds at the colony for Bournemouth male patients. Only patients who have attained to a good standard of recovery are suitable for the work in a farm colonv, and hitherto there has been some difficulty in persuading such patients to continue their treatment, for these patients are usually eager to return to their former employment. During six vreeks in the summer of 1918 two patients attending the Municipal Dispensary were sent out to the Bournemouth Secondary Hospital at West Howe vffiere they did light vrork on the