Treatment of Disease.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 September 1913, Page 4

Treatment of Disease.

DR. SMITH'S REPORT

During his recent trip to the Old Country and the I nited States Dr Hard wick Smith, Medical Superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, obtained a good deal of useful information regarding the treatment of disease, and at the meeting of the Wellington Hospital Board the doctor mentioned some of the matters that had come uuder his notice. He said he was greatly impressed with the system of treating tubercular patients ; n (•Treat Britain under the Insurance Act. Each county had its tuberculosis officer, who co-operated with the hospital" staff and medical men, and to whom all cases of consumption were reported. There were also consumption schools where tubercular children were treated. The children were conveyed in special cars and were taught in the open air. Tlie medical examination of children was a splendid idea, and he was pleased that it had been adopted in New Zealand. He thought that New Zealand surgeons could hold their own with the methods in the hospitals at Home, although England had more advantages because mere money was spent on (Tie hospitals. ' When the present buildings in New Zealand had been replaced by modern structures, r would be possible to bring the methods of treatment right up to date. From what he had seen he was satisfied that the hospitals were run more cheaply in the Dominion than were institutions of the same size at Home and America. In fact, he almost wondered whether our so-called economy m this direction was really economy in the long run.