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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 1922

Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health

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At the present time 80 discharged soldiers suffering with tuberculosis
are resident in Hampstead. The number of cases of tuberculosis
known to the Department at the end of 1 922 totals 937—691 pu'monary
and 246 non-pulmonary.

Table: Occupations. The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases notified as tuberculous during 1922:—

Occupations. The following is an analysis of the occupations of the new cases notified as tuberculous during 1922:—

Occupation.Pulmonary Cases.Non- Pulmonary Cases.Occupation.Fulmonary Cases.Non-Pulmonary Cases.
Actors1–Milliners1–
Army pensioners5–Office porters2–
Auctioneers1–Pattern Card Mounters1–
Barmaids1–
Bus Drivers2–Photographers1–
Clerks142Plumbers1–
Company Directors1–Police Constables1–
Compositors2–Postmen1–
Dentists1–Restaurant workers–1
Domestic Servants122Secretaries1–
Dressmakers21School children310
Ex-Officers1–Shop Assistants41
Hairdressers2–Sign writers1–
Housewives62Students31
Labourers1–Tailors–1
Laundresses1–Teachers5–
Librarians–1Trained Nurses1–
Managers2–Valets1–
Mechanics41No occupation610
Merchants3–No Information4–
Metal workers11
Milk Roundsmen1–10134

Table: Removal of Cases. Of the newly notified cases in 1922, 85 were removed:—

Removal of Cases. Of the newly notified cases in 1922, 85 were removed:—

Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
To Sanatoria312
To Hospitals257
To Infirmaries122
To Nursing or other Homes42
7213

Table: The following cases, notified prior to 1922, were also removed.

The following cases, notified prior to 1922, were also removed.

Pulmonary.Non -Pulmonary.
To Sanatoria101
To Hospitals93
To Infirmaries102
To Nursing or other Homes3–
326