TUBERCULOSIS.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17466, 28 July 1928, Page 11

TUBERCULOSIS.

PREVENTION TREATMENT. COMMITTEE'S RECOIYiTCENDATIONS WAIKATO COMMENDED. WELLINGTON, Friday. Thirteen recommendations for coordinating the fight against tuberculosis in New Zealand are made by the committee appointed by the Minister of Health, Hon. J. A. Young, to inquire into the prevention and treatment of,pulmonary tuberculosis in the Dominion. The recommendations are: (1) A division for tuberculosis to be established in the Health Department under a director. (2) Hospital boards should be encouraged to establish tuberculosis dispensaries. (3) T'ib routine use of tuberculin in sanatoria should be discouraged. (4) Medical superintendents of sanatoria should be urged to admit all cases that would be likely to benefit. (5) The slay .of minimal cases in sanatoria should not, as now, be unduly prolonged. (0) The accommodation at Otaki Sanatorium should be increased. (7) Extra accommodation should be provided for chronic cases in the special hospitals at Dunedin, Wellington, Christchurch, and' Auckland. (8) Sufficient accommodation for tuberculous cases shOL.d be reserved at the general hospitals in the centres mentioned for the benefit of patients and to afford medical practitioners and medical students opportunities for studying the disease. (9) The medical profession should be encouraged to co-operate with local authorities, the Health Department and voluntaryassociations in their efforts to control the disease. (10) The Olago Hospital Board should be encouraged to join with the associated boards to form one association. (11) The hospital boards in the South Island, north of Ashburton, should be encouraged to form an association with a committee representative of each district. (12) Specially trained nurses should be employed for"inspection of cases in homes. (13) The establishment of voluntary aid committees for discharged patients and cases in homes should be encouraged.

WAIKATO ANNEXE. MODEL FOR OTHER CENTRES. (Times Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Friday. The committee set up to consider the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis deals at length with the measures taken for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis in New Zealand, giving details of the accommodation available at each of the principal hospitals. Flattering reference is made to the tuberculosis annexe, in the grounds of the Waikalo Hospital at Hamilton as follows: " This building is a wooden one of excellent design," the report says. " It is completely self-contained and might well serve as a model for future extensions to other hospitals. It is admirably situated on the slope of the hill below the hospital and accommodates 25 patients, mostly advanced cases." On the question of accommodation the committee deals with the several hospital districts. In the annexe to the Waikato Hospital it was found the accommodation for male patients was inadequate.