Report on Sanatoria for Consumption and certain other aspects of the Tuberculosis Question

1908, command number Cd.3657. xii and 670 pp. This Report is a Supplement to Report of the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board for 1905-06. Preface by W.H. Power, Medical Officer (pp. vii-xii). [For details of William Henry Power, 1842-1916, expert on infectious diseases, see D.N.B.]. Report (pp. 1-670). The Report is in 4 main Parts, each of which is sub-divided into Chapters (35 in all). Examples of the subjects covered in the Chapters are ‘Decline in the Death-rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis in England and Wales’, ‘The Evolution of the Sanatorium Idea’, ‘Existing Provision of Sanatoria and Hospitals for Consumption in England and Wales with Map showing distribution of such Institutions in 1907’, ‘Immediate Results of Sanatorium Treatment’, ‘Lasting Effects of Sanatorium Treatment’, ‘The Influence of Isolation of Phthisical Patients in Workhouses and Infirmaries upon the Prevalence of Phthisis’, ‘Hygiene Teaching in the Public Elementary Schools and the Medical Inspection of Children therein as a Means towards Control of Tuberculosis’, ‘The Selection of a Sanatorium Site’, ‘Voluntary and Compulsory Notification as Contrasted from the Records of Manchester, Brighton, Liverpool, Sheffield, and New York’, ‘The Results of Sanatorium Treatment in Germany’. Numerous graphs, tables, plans and photographs. Photographs include London Open Air Sanatorium, near Bracknell, Berkshire, Liverpool Sanatorium (3), Manchester (Crossley) Sanatorium (4), Maltings Farm Sanatorium near Nayland, Suffolk (2). Details for 91 public sanatoria are given, including 12 for London and 1 for Essex (Coppins Green Sanatorium at Clacton). Royal Octavo. Bound in dark blue cloth boards with red titling piece to spine (gold lettering). Nice sound condition.…