(d) A well organized system of lectures on various phases of tuberculosis by authorities.
(e) Bi-monthly meetings of the Nurses' Tuberculosis Study Circle, the proceedings of which are published in this pamphlet.
(4) A centralized system of administration, with brief medical and social records of all dispensary cases for the purpose of clearing and information, in the office of the Superintendent of Nurses located in the down town General Offices of the Sanitarium.
(5) Nurses wear uniforms beginning with the middle of October of this year (1914).
(6) Before January, 1915, all tuberculosis cases in their homes will be cared for by the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. This includes both far advanced and surgical cases.
The Chicago Anti-tuberculosis movement has been more fortunate in its development than that in other cities where the dispensaries are under one organization and the nurses under another. Here the dispensaries and their nursing and medical staffs have steadily developed under the same direction, the advantages of such an arrangement being clearly evident.
We look into the future with confidence. The Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, with its 900 beds and its comprehensive
medical and laboratory facilities for the study and treatment of cases, is to open before the year 1914 expires. The County Tuberculosis Hospitals for advanced cases are undergoing a revolutionary change in the direction of administrative and medical efficiency. The Dispensary Department of the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium is extending sanatorium care to the homes of tuberculous patients by building and remodelling porches and supplying, if necessary, all equipment required for outdoor sleeping. We have eighteen open air schools. We have an effective tuberculosis exhibit. The principle of early detection of illness is being adopted by many business concerns and the sanitary conditions are gradually improving. The future is full of promise.
