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(3) The question arises whether there are any local conditions,
specially favourable to the development of Tuberculosis,
e.g., dampness, back-to-back houses, etc. This point
has to be considered because a series of cases might occur
in the same house simply as a result of the existence of
some such local conditions.
Bearing these three points in mind, the register of Tuberculosis
notifications in Bermondsey was examined for the ten-year period
January Ist, 1912, to December 31st, 1921, both dates inclusive.
The total number of notifications of Tuberculosis —all forms—during
that period was 5,443.
— i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix
Cases 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 22 55
Houses 143 27 7 1 2 2 1 1 1
In the upper Section of the table is given the number of cases which
have occurred in the house under consideration. In the lower
Section is shown the number of houses in which three, four, five, etc.,
cases of Tuberculosis have been notified: thus, three cases of
Tuberculosis have occurred in each of 143 houses, four cases in each
of 27 houses, and so on. Setting aside the last three columns and
Column v, which will be dealt with later, there remain five columns
referring to houses in which 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 cases respectively have
occurred.
Eight cases.—Two houses each have sheltered eight cases of
Tuberculosis in 10 years. In one of these houses, all the cases
notified were members of the same family, with the exception of one
person, a lodger, who was suffering from Tuberculosis before she
entered the house.
In the second of these two houses, six cases were members of the
same family, and the remaining two cases were living in the house at