The control of tuberculosis in England, past and present / by G. Gregory Kayne.
- Kayne, G. Gregory (George Gregory), 1901-1945.
- Date:
- 1937
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The control of tuberculosis in England, past and present / by G. Gregory Kayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![any necessary preliminary economic and domestic arrangements. The provision of adequate beds for advanced cases is a preventive measure of the highest importance and an essential component of every scheme. The muni¬ cipal hospital may well serve this purpose. The institutional treatment of non-pulmonary tuber¬ culosis has until recently been left almost entirely to voluntary hospitals. But such provision is necessary in all tuberculosis schemes, and it is more economical to treat all orthopaedic cases in the same institution. The special equipment and staffing may in this case, too, necessitate the union of two or more counties for this purpose. Children should be catered for by providing special blocks in institutions for adults, or in hospital sanatoria provided for them. Teaching facilities must be avail¬ able. Open-air schools should be supplemented by residential schools or 4 preventoria ’ for children in¬ fected with tuberculosis, whose low general condition may predispose them to the development of active disease. Finally, local authorities should be encouraged to establish in a municipal hospital a special depart¬ ment for pregnant tuberculous women where the in¬ fants may be separated immediately after birth. (See description of the Maternite Baudelocque in Paris— Kayne [1935 &].) The removal of child contacts from 'tuberculous’ households has given rise to controversy. The practice originated in France in 1907 as a result of the work of Professor Grancher and has developed, both as regards the number and the care taken of the children, in that country, in Belgium, and more recently in Canada.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29823808_0175.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
