CORONATION MEMORIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXIII, Issue 15902, 13 April 1912, Page 12

CORONATION MEMORIAL.

HOMES FOR CONSUMPTIVES.

THE LATEST METHODS

In an interview last evening, Dr Thacker, who is taking an interest in tho establishment of the Coronation Memorial, said that if anything was done for tho sake of consumptives, it should bo done on the lines of the most up-to-date methods. In tho try experts generally approved of a scheme under which patients suffering from tuberculosis were treated separately in different stages. The principle was to begin with the cure-homes, established in the country districts, at an elevation, in dust-free air, and in aseptic atmosphere. When the patients were supposed to be cured they were removed to cure-camps, which were established in the suburbs, and from which the patients could go to their vocations by bicycle or tram. Tho houses'occupied in tho cure-camps wero constructed in the same stylo as the bouses the patients would occupy in the ordinary course of their lives. If they still progressed satisfactorily, they wero again transferred, this time to cure-colonies, which wore established in the cities, and there they dispensed among the citizens all the knowledge they had gained in regard to the proper treatment of the disease. In the cities, also, there were dispensaries, where doctors attended and where orders oould bo given for the removal of patients to the cure-homes in the country.

• A scheme of that character had been in operation in Queen’s County, Ireland, and he thought that it ought to ho adopted here, , with tho sum of £IO,OOO that would he available for the Memorial Home. A dispensary and a cure-colony could be established in Christchurch, a cure-camp outside of the city boundaries, and a cure-home at Kowai, Lake Coleridge, or some other suitable place.' Tho sanatorium on tho Cashmere Hills could bo converted into a hospital for general incurables and could he called the Memorial Home. He felt that a similar institution should be established in the North Island, and that the Government should give • material assistance towards their maintenance.