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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
Islington 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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STATEMENT SHOWING THE SOURCE OF INFECTION OF PERSONS ATTACKED WITH PHTHISIS IN MANCHESTER.*
| Source of Infection. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Father | 44 | 29 | 9 |
| Mother | 34 | 22 | 11 |
| Son | 4 | 1 | — |
| Daughter | 5 | 1 | — |
| Brother | 42 | 17 | 4 |
| Sister . | 33 | 19 | 4 |
| Husband | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| Wife | 21 | 10 | 1 |
| Uncle | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Aunt . | 2 | — | — |
| Niece . | 4 | 1 | — |
| Nephew | 1 | — | |
| Cousin | 6 | 1 | — |
| Grandfather . | — | 2 | 1 |
| Grandmother | — | — | 1 |
| Stepfather . | 2 | — | — |
| Stepmother | 1 | 1 | — |
| Stepbrother | 1 | — | — |
| Parents | 1 | 1 | — |
| Father-in-law . | — | 1 | — |
| Mother-in-law | 4 | — | 1 |
| Brother-in-law | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Sister-in-law . | 5 | 2 | — |
| Son.in-law . | 1 | — | — |
| Niece's Husband | — | — | 1 |
| Lodger .... | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Fellow Lodger | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Neighbour . | 14 | 10 | 17 |
| Companion . | . 36 | 18 | 4 |
| Workfellow . | 48 | 67 | 22 |
| Work place | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Work . | 28 | 15 | 12 |
| Houses, including Public Houses | 86 | 89 | 18 |
| Daughter of Tenant . | 1 | — | — |
| Housekeeper . | 1 | — | — |
| Mistress . | — | 1 | — |
| Employer | 1 | 3 | — |
| Servant | 2 | 1 | — |
| Landlady's Child . | 3 | — | — |
| Landlady or Landlady's Husband | 9 | 1 | — |
| Nursing a Consumptive | 2 | 1 | — |
| Being Nursed by Consumptive | 1 | — | — |
| Milk | — | — | 6 |
| Soldiers infected in South Africa | 12 | 2 | — |
| Fiance or Fiancee | 1 | — | — |
| Others | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 497 | 357 | 125 |
*This statement was given in two tables in the report for 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health of
Manchester, and has been condensed for the purposes of this report.