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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
Hampstead 1914
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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In addition to above—
Boarding-house inmates 5 —
Nursing Home inmate 1 —
Guefts or Dependents in
other families 5 2
In Situations 16 3
Inmates of Institutions 15 2
No information 8 —
142 30
The unsatisfactory home conditions found upon investigating the
new cases of tuberculosis notified in 1914 were as follows: —
Unsatisfactory Home
Conditions.
Pulmonary
Cases.
Non-Pulmonary
Cases.
Overcrowding
3
l
Inadequate Ventilation
8
l
Inadequate Lighting
3
—
Dampness
4
l
Unhealthy Underground Rooms
1
—
Other Insanitary Conditions
8
3
As regards the sleeping arrangements of the new cases notified the
following particulars were elicited:—
Number of persons, one of
whom was suffering from
Tuberculosis, sleeping
in one room.
Pulmonary
Cases.
Non-Pulmonary
Cases.
1
56
9
2
36
7
3
14
8
4
9
4
5
1
-
6
2
1
Totai.s
118
29
Sleeping in Shelter
1
—
Inmates of Institutions
15
1
No information
8
—
142
30