Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Number of living rooms in patient's tenement where recorded:-
1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 50 | 38 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 146 |
Females | 32 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 88 |
(Servants and others not included.)
Rent | Under 5s. | 5s. to 10s. | 10s. to 15s. | Over 15s. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 39 | 78 | 20 | 9 | 146 |
Females | 22 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 87 |
Duration of illness before notification:—
Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 3 years. | 3 to 4 years. | 4 to 5 years. | 5 to 6 years. | 6 to 8 years. | 3 to 10 years. | 10 to 15 years. | 15 to 20 years. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 81 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
Females | 43 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Duration of illness up to death:—
Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 3 years. | 3 to 4 years. | 4 to 6 years. | 5 to 6 years. | 6 to 8 years. | 8 to 10 years. | 10 to 15 years. | 15 to 20 years. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 9 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |||
Females | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | |||
Period between notification and death:— | |||||||||||||
Under 1 week. | 1 week to 1 month. | 1 to 3 months. | 3 to 6 months. | 6 to 9 months. | |||||||||
Males | 6 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 5 | ||||||||
Females | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
History of phthisis in parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts:—
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females, | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | 41 | 23 | None | 76 | 38 |
Doubtful | 10 | 9 | Unknown | 27 | 31 |
Males | Females. | ||||
Married | 70 | 55 | |||
No family | 23 | 17 | |||
Not known | 1 | 13 | |||
Families with children tuberculous | 8 | 7 | |||
Families without known tuberculous children | 39 | 18 |