[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![su]\ e, and does not affect, what in my view is the crux of the whole matter, namely, the prevention of the creation of new cases b}’ the transmission of infection by advanced infective cases. Let us have mass radiography here, if we can, by all means—it will be of the utmost assistance in defining the scope of the problem-—and it will bring to light many un- suspected (jr early cases, but it will not solve the problem. Do not let us expect too much from it. (4) Biencathra Sanatorium.—This matter received con- siderable publicity at 3^our meeting to which I have referred, rertain things were said out of which misapprehensions might arise, and now that it seems practically certain at the time of writing this report that the administration of this Institution will be transferred to the County Council at an early date, for such period as may elapse until the Institution is taken over b}- the Ministry, it is doubl^^ important to clear up the matter. Biencathra Sanatorium was established at a time when it was considered that certain altitudes, often not easily accessible, were essential in the treatment of this condition. That idea is now finally exploded. The essential thing is that treatment wherever carried out should be on modern lines, .and that tire sanatorium should be readily accessible to visits by friends and relations, so that the patients ma\' remain contented and ma}' complete the lengthy periods of institu- tional treatment which their condition demands. The Committee of the Biencathra .Sanatorium have never had at their disposal unlim.ited funds, and the buildings, which came in for considerable criticism in the Hospital :Survey Report, are not modern. Recent investigations, preliminary to the taking over of the administration of the .Sanatorium b\^ the County Council at an early date, have shown that the chief pi oblems appear to be inadequate heating, the question of conversion of the electrical supply from D.C. to A.C. current by a transfer to the grid, the lack of a treatment room and the arrangements for the disposal of sewage. Other points may emerge when we take over. There was a time a number of years ago when other matters left a great deal to be desired—that time is now gone <'r going—and it is onh- fai’' to say that, subject to the limita- tions I have referred to, tieatment ai the Sanatorium is now ■carried out on modern lines, in conjunction, when surgical t rcatmcnt of the lung is called for, with the consulting surgeons in Carlisle.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29133014_0092.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
