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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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In no case was there overcrowding, but one case living in a houseboat was
considered to have unsatisfactory housing conditions. The housing particulars
of 17 cases were not obtainable either because of removal of patients to other
districts or because of resistance of patients to home visiting.
8 new notifications came from homes already returning one or more cases
of tuberculosis. None of these came from houses classed as unsatisfactory or
dilapidated. There have been 6 notifications of tuberculosis from one house,
3 of them being submitted in 1956.
36 cases were inward transfers from other districts and, therefore, had
not developed their illness while resident in Brentford and Chiswick.
The position regarding cases living in unsatisfactory or overcrowded conditions, outstanding from previous years, is as follows-
| Year | Cases | No. where Conditions improved |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 2 | |
| 1954 | 2 | l |
| 1953 | 7 | 2 |
| 1951 | 2 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1 | - |
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