Dear Helen, Many thanks for all the information. I suspected it might have been TB since the patients came from such diverse places. Some were just called 'patient' with no name given is this usual? Regards Val.

In message <81.8f226c3.2da6f282@aol.com>, VMSPEED@aol.com writes >Dear Helen, > >Many thanks for all the information. > >I suspected it might have been TB since the patients came from such diverse >places. Some were just called 'patient' with no name given is this usual? > >Regards Val. Hello Val, Yes, you will quite often find patients in institutions are anonymous in the various censuses. Sometimes just their initials are given. I do not know if this is due to the Doctor in charge respecting patient confidentiality, or if it was an official instruction on how to fill out the census return. Regards, -- Helen Oram