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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 1916
Report for the year 1916 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Occupations.
The following is an analysis of the occupation of the cases notified as tuberculous during 1916 :—
| Occupation. | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | Occupation. | Pulmonary. | NonPulmonary. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acetylene Welder | l | — | Instrument Maker | 1 | — | ||
| Actress | l | — | Insurance Officer | 1 | — | ||
| Artist | l | — | Invalided from | — | |||
| Bacteriologist | l | — | Navy | 2 | — | ||
| Barmaid | i | — | Journalist | 1 | — | ||
| Bookbinder | l | — | Labourer | 1 | — | ||
| Bootmaker | l | — | Laundress | 1 | — | ||
| Builder'sForeman | l | — | Leather worker... | 1 | — | ||
| Caretakers | 2 | — | Lithographer | 1 | — | ||
| Carpenter | 1 | — | Merchants | 6 | — | ||
| Charwoman | 1 | — | Milk Carrier | 1 | — | ||
| Children's Nurse | 1 | — | Munition Worker | 1 | — | ||
| Clerks | 11 | 2 | Nurses | 2 | 1 | ||
| Companion | 1 | — | Organist | 1 | — | ||
| Cooper | 1 | — | Photographer ... | — | 1 | ||
| Domestic Servants | 23 | 8 | Police Constables Printers | 2 2 | 1 | ||
| Drayman | _ | 1 | Porters | 2 | — | ||
| Dressmakers | 2 | — | Post Office Employees | — | |||
| Electrician | — | 1 | 3 | — | |||
| Engineers | 2 | — | Postmen | 2 | — | ||
| Errand Boy | 1 | — | School | If) | 20 | ||
| Ex-Soldiers | 13 | — | Shop Assistants... | 7 | — | ||
| Fitters | _ | 2 | Singer... | 1 | — | ||
| Furrier's Forewoman | 1 | — | Students | 4 | — | ||
| Tailors | 3 | — | |||||
| Gardener | 1 | _ | Taxi Drivers | 1 | — | ||
| Governess | 1 | — | Translator | 1 | _ | ||
| Hairdresser | 1 | — | Vulcanite Turner | 1 | _ | ||
| Housewives | 29 | 1 | No occupation | 7 | 11 | ||
| Housemistress at | — | No information | 22 | 1 | |||
| School | _ | 1 | |||||
| Total number of Pulmonary Cases | 193 | ||||||
| Total number of Non-Pulmonary Cases | 51 | ||||||
Removal of Cases.
Of t,he cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis newly notified in 1916,
73 were removed : 57 to Sanatoria (of these 36 were insured and 21
non-insured persons), 5 to Hospitals, 10 to Infirmaries and 1 to a Home.
18 of the newly notified cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were
removed : 8 to Hospitals and Sanatoria and 3 to the Infirmary : 7 to
Nursing or other Homes. Of the pulmonary cases notified prior to
1916, 17 were removed : 8 to Sanatoria, 3 to Hospital, 5 to the Infirmary
and 1 to a Home. 1 non-pulmonary case notified in 1913 was removed
to Hospital. Of the pulmonary cases notified in 1916, 12 were of
persons already dead or dying and in 14 other cases the patients did
not survive the year under review.