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In only 144 of these cases in which the patient slept
alone in a separate room can the sleeping accommodation be
said to be entirely satisfactory. In 250 cases in which the
patient had a separate bed the condition may be said still to
be satisfactory. In all other cases, namely, 183 out of 433,
or 42.3 per cent., the sleeping accommodation was not satisfactory,
in so far as it involved a definite risk to those
sharing the same bed.
Housing Accommodation.—At the time of notification
two patients were living in common lodging houses and
one in an institution. 318 lived in tenement houses, and
109 lived in self-contained flats or separate houses, and no
information was obtained in 63 cases. The following Table,
No. 60, gives the housing accommodation and the number
of persons per room as regards the 430 cases in respect of
which information is available:—

From the above Table, No. 60, it will be noted that
the smaller the house in which a tuberculosis patient lives
the greater the chance of infection of others, as shewn by
the greater average number of persons per room.
Health of Contacts.—In connection with the enquiries
made by health visitors, the health of those associated with