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General comments on tuberculosis are made in the introduction
of this report (page 3).
Tuberculosis — environmental conditions
Case papers of patients notified in 1954 and attending the Lewisham
Chest Clinic have been analysed in 356 cases with the following results:—
Cases %*
Males 186 52
Females 170 48
Social classification:—
Class I 5 2
Class II 44 14
Class III 212 67
Class IV 33 10
Class V 24 7
Not classifiable 38
Rooms occupied:—
2 or more rooms per person 55 16
1.2 rooms per person 187 53
Less than 1 room per person 1ll 31
No information 3
Accommodation:—
Separate bed 157 44
Separate bedroom 115 33
Condition of premises occupied:—
Good 259 75
Fair 71 20
Poor 17 5
No information 9
*Excluding cases not classified.