Report of the Medical Officer of Health (W. Arnold Evans) on the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and the advisability of providing a sanatorium.

  • Evans, W. Arnold.
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: Report of the Medical Officer of Health (W. Arnold Evans) on the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and the advisability of providing a sanatorium. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    IT The Manchester Corporation makes an annual contribution of £1000, and for this /Sum is entitled to send 20 patients, who must be of the poorer class. These patients are sent through the Medical Officer of Health. (3) Plymouth Corporation subscribes £150 per annum to the Devon and Cornwall Sanatorium for consumptives, and for this sum has two beds allotted. (4) Birmingham. The Town Council of Birmingham has recently, at the suggestion of the Medical Officer of Health, acquired a site near Cheltenham upon which to erect a sanatorium for the treatment of early cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. The site, which was acquired after public inquiry by the Local Government Board, entailed an expenditure of £17,000. Although the area of the site, nearly 400 acres, was much in excess of the needs of the Corporation, it was found impossible to secure part only of that site, and consequently in order to procure the mansion which it is proposed to convert into an administration block and the necessary site for the new sanatorium building, the whole estate had to be secured. The greater portion of this area will, however, remain on lease for agricultural purposes, but the patients are to have the right to take exercise over the paths which traverse the estate in various directions. (5) Nottingham Sanatorium, Sherwood Forest. This institu- tion is built of temporary wooden buildings. The cost of erection, furnishing, lighting, sewering, water supply, slightly exceeded £5000. Amongst the public bodies subscribing were the Corporation of Nottingham £1000, and the Town Council of Mansfield £200. The total cost per bed amounted to £220, exclusive of the site. The following authorities contributed to this institution in 1906, Nottingham Corporation £75, Newark Corporation £75, Mansfield £32, Basford £20. (6) The Westmoreland Sanatorium overlooking Morecambe Bay, occupies a site comprising 4 acres of land. The following authorities contributed, Kendal Corporation £60, Kendal Guardians £60, South Westmoreland Rural District Council £60,
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